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ALS advocates urge Senate to continue $1 million-a-year care funding in HB 96
Summary
Representatives of ALS United Ohio and the ALS Association told the Senate Health Committee the executive and House budgets include $1 million per fiscal year to support home-based services, equipment loans and case management for people living with ALS and asked the Senate to preserve that funding in HB 96.
Marlene Seymour, representing ALS United Ohio, and Lindsay Jack of the ALS Association urged members of the Ohio Senate Health Committee to preserve $1,000,000 per fiscal year in the biannual budget for services to people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
The funding request is included in the executive budget and the House version of HB 96, and proponents told the committee that the dollars support case management, equipment loans, grants, support groups and home visits that many families depend on.
“I'm testifying today representing people with ALS in Ohio,” Marlene Seymour said. She told…
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