Alliance Advocacy Center

Our Advocacy Priorities

Victories in 2022-2023 Budget

Extended (Delayed) SBHC's Carved-Out Medicaid Managed Care

  •  The final Article VII Health and Mental Hygiene budget bill, provides that  services provided in SBHCs shall not be provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs until at least April 1, two thousand twenty-three.
  • See Health and Mental Hygiene Article VII budget bill (S2507-C/A3007-C), page 40, Part JJ, attached, for additional details.

New York's SBHCs 2022-2023 Budget Win!

 
  • School- Based Health Centers have received full funding from the Executive (see bullet 2) as well as a $3,824,000 legislative add in the NYS 2022-2023 State Budget! The total amount of funding is at the same level as SFY 2021-22. 
  • SBHCs will maintain the $17,098,000 in funds provided in the 2022-2023 proposed State Executive Budget.

Interested in advocating for New York’s SBHCs? Use our sbhc-legislator match list to see representative by sbhc address or use the Assembly and Senate buttons below.

NYSBHA's Legislative Center

Find your Assembly Member

Follow the button and input your street address and zip code to find your New York State Assembly Representative.

Visit your Assembly member’s page and locate the  “Contact Me” button on the left to gather the phone numbers, email address, and contact form for your Assembly Member.

Find your Senator

Follow the button and input your street address and zip code to find your New York State Senator.

Click the button “Message Senator” and follow site instructions to create and account and send your Senator a message.

See Our SBHC/Legislator Match List!

Use the link to the right to see NYSBHA’s current sbhc directory and corresponding legislator list to find the right representative.

For any further questions or concerns regarding advocacy, contact us at: nysbha@gmail.com