Join the Committee for Protection and Access to Complementary and Alternative Healthcare at the State House for one of these Rally Days. Make your voice heard in support of Health Freedom in Massachusetts.
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March 28 marked the first of our three spring Rally Days to draw supporters of health freedom to the State House. Thirteen individuals came together to lobby legislators to support bills S665 and HD3538. Wearing badges reading “S665 Support Health Freedom”, the group fanned out across the State House to meet with the legislators representing their districts and key committee members currently reviewing the bills (Joint Committee for Health Care Finance and the Joint Committee for Public Health). In the final tally, they met with over 20 senators and representatives leaving behind a strong message of support for safe harbor legislation and securing Senator John Rogers as new co-sponsor for our legislation in the process! We’re looking forward to getting our message out to even more legislators as we plan our next Rally Day for April 11.
Join the Committee for Protection and Access to Complementary and Alternative Healthcare at the State House for one of these Rally Days. Make your voice heard in support of Health Freedom in Massachusetts.
Register for a Rally Day to receive more information and directions
(Bills are filed separately in the Senate and the House. HFAMA has been collecting support in both houses of the legislature . Each version has a different number and needs to be supported and tracked.)
Our House bill, HD.3538, emerged from placeholder status (where bills go when they are first filed) on March 14, giving us only 7 days to collect additional co-sponsors for the legislation. With the pressure on, Kim Valeri Povey made the rounds at the State House, garnering 8 additional co-signers bringing to 14 the number of co-signers on the bill filed on our behalf by Rep. John Lawn, Jr. Support for the bill comes from Democrats and Republicans alike from counties across the state including Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, Plymouth, Berkshire, Bristol, Worcester, Hampshire and Hampden.
Kim is all smiles flanked by new co-sponsors Reps. Brad Hill and Elizabeth Poirier. Moments later, Rep. Ashe confirmed his commitment to the measure and posed with HFAMA advocate Kim Valeri Povey. After landing 8 new co-sponsors, it’s hard to imagine a more welcoming reception at the State House than the one Kim had over the past two days.
Massachusetts has formally introduced Senate Bill 665/House Bill 3660, a bill to protect access to complementary and alternative health care practitioners in Massachusetts. This is due to the direct efforts of the HFAMA Committee for Consumer Protection and Access to Complementary and Alternative Health Care.
What you can do: Start building a relationship with your Senate and House Representatives by sending a personal message of support for Senate Bill 665/House Bill 3660 to your legislators.
Follow up with a call to your legislators to leave a message reiterating your support of Senate Bill 665/House Bill 3660 and let them know why you support Senate Bill 665/House Bill 3660 . Find your legislators here.
Please join our hfama mailing list to be updated with our efforts and to be notified of specific times when we need you to contact your legislators.
And we can use your support through donations and volunteer efforts. Thank you!
Months of hard work paid off today at the State House as we secured commitments from both Senators and Representatives to file our bill. We garnered bipartisan support in the Senate as Sen. Nick Collins (D) agreed to sponsor our bill along with co-sponsors Sen. Michael Rodrigues (D) and Sen. Ryan Fattman (R). We also mustered support from both sides of the aisle in the House as Rep. John Lawn (D) pledged to file our bill supported by co-sponsors Rep. Don Wong (R) and Rep. Sean Garballey (D). There is still much to do in the days and weeks ahead to secure additional co-sponsors and to secure passage of our bill. But the work has begun and the commitment is strong in the Senate, the House and HFAMA.
As Clark Reddick walked the State House halls January 9 to shore up support for our bill, he found in Qigong Master Rep. Donald Wong someone who readily understands our interest in protecting access for complementary and alternative health care. More exciting news to come as our team hits the halls again tomorrow….
With their inclusion of our message in their January newsletter sent out to 15,000 advertisers and subscribers, Spirit of Change magazine, New England’s largest free holistic magazine, provided a major boost to Health Freedom Action Massachusetts and our efforts to pass legislation to protect all complementary and alternative health care practitioners and guarantee choice in their health care options.
In the run-up to the January 2019 filing date for our bill, the Committee for Protection and Access to Complementary and Alternative Health Care hit the State House to drum up support. Senator Denise Provost was all smiles as she met with her constituent Liesel Bender and Clark Reddick. Carol Bedrosian found strong support in Qigong master Rep. Donald Wong and Senator Ryan Fattman. Meanwhile Kim Valeri, Clark Reddick and Anne Fish couldn’t resist documenting their trip with a photo in the dome of the Massachusetts State House after meeting with representatives, senators, and legislative directors from the offices of Brad Hill, Patricia Jehlen, Jason Lewis, Joan Lovely, Michael Rodrigues, Bruce Tarr, and more. Stay tuned for more updates as we look for our bill sponsor and co-sponsors!
