Advocacy/Legislation

Federal Advocacy:

2009

• Representatives Bishop/McCarthy Meet with LI Hospital Leaders
• A Proposal for Health Care Reform in the United States

2008

• Bush's Budget Falls Hard on Hospital Patients
• January/February 2008 STAT Monthly News Alert

State Advocacy:

2010

• Briefing for LegislatorsProposed State Budget
• LI Legislators/Hospital Leaders Face Daunting Budget Deficit

2009

• Testimony before the New York State Senate Finance Committee on Governor's Proposal to Reduce the Estimated Budget Deficit SFY 2009 – 2010
• Governor's Budget Forces Hospital Service Cuts, Staff Reductions
• State Legislators and Hospital Leaders Debate Fate of Federal Stimulus Funding
• State Budget Advocacy Letter to the Editor
• Statement by Kevin Dahill, President and CEO, Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, on the Governor's Announcement about Taxes and Proposed Budget
• Hospital Associations Remind Governor that Tax on Non-Profit Hospitals Must Be Eliminated, Too
• Briefing on the Governor's 2009 State Budget Proposal
• Budget Hearing Testimony before the Republican Assembly Members of Nassau and Suffolk Counties
• Press Statement on Governor Paterson's Proposed 2009 – 2010 State Budget
• Testimony before the New York State Senate Democrats on New York State's Current Fiscal Crisis and Its Impact on Health Care

2008

• Kevin Dahill's Testimony on the Impact of the 2008–2009 Executive Budget Proposal on Long Island's Hospitals
• Briefing on Impact of Proposed State Budget
• Skelos, Hannon, and Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Decry Spitzer Administration's Continued Lack of Transparency

Suffolk County Advocacy:

• Testimony from Kevin W. Dahill, President/CEO Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Before the Regional Advisory Committee, Long Island Region of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century
• NSHC Testimony Regarding Suffolk County Charitable Care Legislation - April 11, 2003
• NSHC Position Statement on Proposed Suffolk County Executive's 2003 Budget Cuts to Health Centers - October 8, 2002

Nassau County Advocacy:

• Testimony from Kevin W. Dahill, President/CEO Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Before the Regional Advisory Committee, Long Island Region of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century
• Nassau County Hospital Notice Resolution