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Advocates urge Senate to keep $1 million‑a‑year ALS funding in HB96
Summary
Multiple ALS organizations and families asked the Senate Health Committee to retain a $1,000,000 per‑year line in House Bill 96 for care services, citing rising need, equipment and service shortfalls, and veterans' disease prevalence.
Marlene Seymour, representing ALS United Ohio, told the Ohio Senate Health Committee that the group is asking lawmakers to preserve a $1,000,000‑per‑year appropriation included in the executive and House versions of House Bill 96 for ALS care services.
The funding request, which Seymour identified as line item 440,485 in House Bill 96, covers care coordination, equipment loans, caregiver support and emergency grants that the nonprofit says it currently provides to people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). “Our testimony today is in support of $1,000,000 for each year of the…
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