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ALS advocates urge Senate to keep $1 million-per-year statewide support in HB 96
Summary
Advocates representing people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) told the Senate Health Committee that $1 million per year included in the executive and House budgets is needed to continue equipment loans, case management and other supports for Ohioans with ALS.
Marlene Seymour, representing ALS United Ohio, told the Senate Health Committee that the group seeks the council's support to continue a $1,000,000-per-year line in the biannual budget for ALS care services included in the executive and House budgets.
Seymour said the nonprofit provides case management, support groups, equipment loans and emergency grants for Ohioans with ALS and their caregivers and asked that the Senate keep the funding included in House Bill 96 (line item 440,485). She read from a one-page state funding outcomes report describing how the organization…
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