An integral element of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate's mission is legislative advocacy.  OHA staff strives to identify issues of importance to Connecticut's healthcare consumer and labor as vigorous proposnents in the continuing evolution system.

   The following links illustrate OHA's positions on a broad range of healthcare issues, including legislative testimony submitted to the General Assembly, in addition to supplementary external information.

Office of the Healthcare Advocate 2009 Legislative Issues

Date	Title	Size
5/28/2009	Joint Comments of Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, and Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, on Request for Information Regarding the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA)	216 KB
2/3/2009	Testimony of Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate before the Insurance and Real Estate Committee in Support of HB 5018	28.37 KB
2/5/2009	Testimony of Kevin Lembo, State Heatlhcare Advocate, before the Insurance and Real Estate Committee in Support of SB 301	22.38 KB
2/10/2009	Testimony of Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, before the Insurance and Real Estate Committee in Support of SB 822, the Concepts Raised in HB 6152, and in Opposition to SB 821	27.17 KB
2/11/2009	Testimony of Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, before the Public Health Committee, Connecticut General Assembly, in Support of SB 655	27 KB
2/17/2009	Testimony of Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, before the Human Services Committee, Connecticut General Assembly, in Support of HB 6146, HB 6152, and HB 6402	38.83 KB
2/18/2009	Testimony of Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, before the Appropriations Committee, Connecticut General Assembly on the Governor's Proposed Budget for the Department of Social Services, HB 6365	34.98 KB
2/24/2009	Testimony of Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, and Healthcare Advocate, Kevin Lembo, before the Insurance and Real Estate Committee	45.87 KB
2/24/2009	Testimony of Attorney General, Richard Blumental, and Healthcare Advocate, Kevin Lembo, before the Insurance and Real Estate Committee in Support of SB 958, An Act Concerning Utilization Review	73.92 KB
3/2/2009	Testimony of Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, before the Public HEalth, Insurance and Real Estate, and Human Services Committees	89.70 KB
3/5/2009	A Letter from Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, to the Human Services, Connecticut General Assembly Regarding SB 843 and HB 6154	50.15 KB
3/11/2009	A Letter to the Members of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee Regarding SB 958, An Act Concerning Utilization Review, Submitted by Kevin Lembo, State HEalthcare Advocate on March 11, 2009	74.83 KB
3/16/2009	The Case for the Office of the Healthcare Advocate (OHA)	109.83 KB
3/16/2009	Testimony of Kevin P. Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, before the Government Administration and Elections Committee, Connecticut General Assembly, in Opposition to Provisions of SB 84 and HB 6375	164.88 KB

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