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ALBANY DAYS 2024 WRAP-UP

  • Click here to upload and share your photos from Albany Days 2024! (to view the photos that have been uploaded, click “Done” in the upper right corner)

  • Please complete the program evaluation. We want to hear what you think - good, bad, or ugly!

  • Click here to read & sign the Albany Days 2024 Participant Agreement & Photo Release if you have not already done so

  • Click here to see Assemblymember Reyes’ special recognition of the Burgos family on the floor of the Assembly!

2024 COSPONSOR UPDATE

Step Therapy Bill S.1267 (Breslin) / A.901 (McDonald)

  • As of 3/20/24, we have 6 new Assembly co-sponsors (those we had meetings with at Albany Days are in bold) and anticipate several more in the next couple of weeks. The new co-sponsors are:

    • Assemblymembers Cook, Jacobson, Meeks, Reyes, Sayegh, and Simpson

Pre-authorization bill S.3400 (Breslin) / A.7268 (Weprin)

  • As of 3/20/24, we have 8 new Assembly and 1 new Senate co-sponsors (those we had meetings with at Albany Days are in bold) and anticipate several more in the next couple of weeks. The new co-sponsors are:

    • Assemblymembers Angelino, Bendett, Levenburg, Reyes, Sayegh, Simpson, Solages, Thiele

    • Senator Addabbo

Click here to see our 2024 legislative priorities handout for the legislative offices

Click here to see How a Bill Becomes a Law in NYS presentation slides

Click here to see READI Program ABCs and Issues presentation slides

Click here to see legislative advocacy etiquette guide

social media

NYSBDC’s Twitter handle: @nysbdorg

Hashtags to use: #FixFailFirst #StepTherapy #PriorAuth #AlbanyDays

  • Example posts about March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month:

    • March is #BleedingDisorders Awareness Month in NYS @nysbdorg #AlbanyDays

    • Thank you ___insert legislator’s name or Twitter handle___ for raising awareness for #BleedingDisorders Awareness Month with us! @nysbdorg #AlbanyDays

  • Example posts about step therapy/prior authorization:

    • Thank you so much ___insert legislator’s name or Twitter handle___ for meeting with us to talk about how we can #FixFailFirst #StepTherapy @nysbdorg #AlbanyDays

    • Thank you so much ___insert legislator’s name or Twitter handle___ for meeting with us to discuss #StepTherapy and #PriorAuth reform @nysbdorg #AlbanyDays

    • Thank you ___insert legislator’s name or Twitter handle___ for meeting with our advocates on #StepTherapy and #PriorAuth reform and for your support of the bleeding disorders community! @nysbdorg #AlbanyDays

tWEETS FROM THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM



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