California Mandate Bill

Previous posts have dealt with AB 171, the California insurance mandate bill, by Assemblyman Jim Beall.

Autism Votes is sending out an action alert:

May 20, 2011 ACTION ALERT!

If you want autism insurance reform California THIS YEAR, you have to get to work right now! We need you to make phone calls repeatedly to Speaker Perez and Assemblymember Fuentes asking them to pull AB 171 off the suspend calendar and then pass this favorably out of committee.

Let's get this done California! You don't want your kids to wait another year do you?

This is your chance so grab it.

Here is How YOU Can Help:

1) CALL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP AND ASK THEM TO MOVE AB 171 OFF THE SUSPEND CALENDAR. **CALL: Speaker Perez - 916.319.2046 **CALL: Assemblymember Fuentes - 916.319.2039 Say this: "It's time to move AB 171 off the suspend calendar for a committee vote. Thanks!" Then lather, rinse, repeat and do it again. Light those phones up now! 2) ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO HELP BY POSTING THIS ON FACEBOOK. "Help me get autism insurance reform for California! Call Speaker Perez at 916.319.2046 and Assemblymember Fuentes at 916.319.2039 and tell them "It's time to move AB 171 off the suspend calendar." Then write DONE below!"

Working together we can achieve this in the state of California this year. But it will take everyone participating and letting your legislators know that your family really wants this.

To learn more about California Autism Insurance Reform visit www.autismvotes.org/California.

Happy Dialing!

Shelley Hendrix
Director, State Based Advocacy
Autism Speaks

and

Kristin Jacobson
State Advocacy Chair, California
Autism Speaks