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  September 17, 2009
NCSL logoState Legislators Offer Bipartisan Support for Health Reform

The bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has issued a resolution expressing support for national health reform.

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Judge Nicholas GaraufisAdult Homes for Mentally Ill Violate ADA, Says NY Judge

A judge has ruled that New York was violating ADA by housing 4,000 people suffering from mental illness in large, privately run "adult homes" in New York City.

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Scan Foundation LogoREPORT: DCWs Essential to Quality of Eldercare

A SCAN Foundation report argues that the most important factor affecting quality of care is the quality of interactions between consumers and direct-care workers.

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Obama signs CHIPRANewborns Assured Medicaid & CHIP Coverage, Says CMS

The CMS has issued guidelines assuring that babies born to women covered by Medicaid or CHIP will be automatically enrolled in those programs for 1 year.

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Aaron Toleos, Online Communications Director
atoleos@phinational.org
718-874-9035

PHI works to improve the lives of people who need home and residential care-and the lives of the workers who provide that care. Our goal is to ensure caring, stable relationships between consumers and workers, so that both may live with dignity, respect, and independence.

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