Hello,
There has been a change in the date and time of the Senate Public Hearing to testify in support of the HOPE Legislation bills being introduced. New date and time below.

Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Hearing
Date: 01/08/20, 10:00am
Location: 300-SE

Plan on arriving at least 1-2 hours prior to sign up to speak. 
Additional info on testifying can be found here.

You will have the opportunity to speak about a number of bills, including Senate Bill 582 which seeks reimbursement for peer recovery coach services under the Medical Assistance program and coordination and continuation of care following an overdose.

You can see the public hearing announcement and the entire list of bills that will be discussed here.

If you are unable to attend you can easily contact your Representative and let them know you support this (and other) bill.

Go to legis.wisconsin.gov. Toward the right-hand side of the page, you’ll see the words “Find my Legislators.” Underneath, there is a space to enter your address. Type in your complete home address and click “Find.” You will see a map of your legislative district and photos of your representative and senator in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Their email addresses and office phone numbers are also listed. 

Additionally, you can contact the Department of Health Services Secretary Palm at the Department of Health Services and Secretary Crim at the Department of Safety and Professional Services to ask them to support these bills. Here is their contact information

Secretary Palm DHS: andrea.palm@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Secretary Crim DSPS: dawn.crim1@wisconsin.gov

When the bills are introduced, there will be additional opportunities to contact your representatives and state leaders. Once again, it is you, the 900+ people and supporting organizations who signed the original petition and showed up to Recovery Alignment Day who are making this happen, please help spread the word and make Recovery the Priority

Lastly, please take a moment to sign up for the Wisconsin chapter of the Recovery Advocacy Project RAP is working to build a visible and effective constituency in demand of community and public policy based solutions in response to America’s long-standing addiction crisis.

Thank you,

Jesse Heffernan
Recovery Coach Professional