[Counselor_Educ] Counseling Leaders in Action

[Bowen, Nikol]

Breaking news!

United States Senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio) has agreed to co-sponsor Senate Bill 1830, or the Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015. This bill calls for the reimbursement of counselors under Medicare.

Thanks to Chelsey Zoldan- OCA Secretary- and Victoria Kress - Ohio Counseling Association Past-President-  for their tireless advocacy efforts related to this legislation!

This summer, OCA President Kara Kaelber, OCA President-Elect Martha Fleming,  and OCA Past- President Victoria Kress, met with our state senators during the American Counseling Association's Institute for Leadership Training in Washington D.C. to discuss co-sponsoring this important legislation.

Senator Brown's co-sponsorship puts us one step closer to our goal of counselor's being recognized as Medicare providers! Please contact Senator Brown and thank him for his support! See: http://www.brown.senate.gov/
Home | United States Senator Sherrod Brown
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Moving forward we are asking that all OCA members immediately contact Senator Rob Portman and request his co-sponsorship of this important legislation. Attached here<http://www.ohiocounseling.org/resources/Documents/Medicare%20Support%20Letter%20Portman%202015.docx> you will find a copy of a letter that was sent to Senator Portman on behalf of OCA. Please feel free  to edit  it and personalize it based on your ideas and experiences. See:http://www.portman.senate.gov/public/<http://www.portman.senate.gov/public>



Nikol Bowen, PhD, PCC
Assistant Professor
Practicum & Internship Coordinator
Counseling and Higher Education
Patton College of Education
Ohio University
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