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 February 9, 2009 Dear All, We just arrived home from Albany and here's a recap of the day. We started off the day in Albany at the Senate Codes Committee meeting. The Bill S4779 that would remove parental consent and knowledge in regards to minors receiving an STD vaccines was NOT voted on today. Prior to the meeting Senate Sponsor Liz Krueger asked the Committee to hold on voting for the bill. That was good news for today, however when we met with Senator Krueger chief of staff, we were told that they stand behind the bill and it was clear that at this time they were not backing off of this bill. We clearly stated all of the points of opposition. We interpret the bill not being voted on as they did think it would pass in the Codes Committee and wanted to hold off until they addressed all of our opposition. The bill could come back up for a vote as early as Tuesday, February 23rd. Many legislators in Albany received an overwhelming amount of calls and faxes. We definitely won this round, but we have to forge ahead and continue with the pressure. We will be sending out an alert tomorrow that will address the the next steps that we feel will continue the heat. The strategy will include continued contacting of Senators on the Codes Committee that were undecided or in support of the bill. We will ask everyone to contact Assemblywoman Amy Paulin who is the sponsor on the Assembly side of this bill and the Assembly Health Committee members where the bill is currently residing. We met with several dozen offices on the Assembly and Senate sides and expressed New York's opposition with A6702, A0778 and S4779. Furthermore, we spoke about the need to move ahead with the bills that will reinforce the current religious and medical waivers. We also spoke personally to Assemblyman Marc Alessi who is the sponsor of the Philosophical bill and he wants to have an official meeting with his constituents regarding moving ahead in getting support of this bill. Thank you for your patience in our update of today. Last but certainly not least thank you for all your letters and calls to the legislature and to all the folk who were able to sit in on the committee meeting today. Best, Lisa Rudley and Rita Palma New York Alliance for Vaccination Choice (NYAVC) P.S. For those that are new to this list, the newly formed NY Alliance for Vaccination Choice (NYAVC) website will be launched soon! Related news stories: Losing our rights as a parent (810WGY) 2/9/10 ** listen to this ** The debate over teens and vaccines (Capital News 9) - 2/9/10 Cervical cancer vaccine debate heading to the legislature (Times Union) - 2/9/10 New York Senate bill 4779, allowing kids to okay vaccines creates controversy among ideologies (Independent Political Report) 2/9/10 |
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