From: LRS ALERT
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:45 PM
To: Licensure Supporters!
Subject: S03880A
Same as alert
A8576 - Lupardo
Provides for the licensing of licensed orientation and mobility specialists and vision rehabilitation therapists
09/13/11 referred to higher education
It was not to be our year, BUT-we did achieve our goal of 76 sponsors. We have the over half the assembly as sponsors and many more who will vote in favor of the bill when it reaches the floor. PLEASE WRTE AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT!
76 Sponsors (including Bing)!
New: Goodell, Malliotakis, Rabbitt, Raia, Saladino
SPONSORS
Abinanti
Aubry
Benedetto
Bing
Blankenbush
Braunstein
Brennan
Bronson
Brook-Krasny
Butler
Cahill
Calhoun
Castelli
Castro
Colton
Conte
Cook
Crespo
Crouch
Curran
Cusick
Cymbrowitz
Dinowitz
Farrell
Fitzpatrick
Galef
Gibson
Goodell
Gottfried
Hevesi
Hooper
Hoyt
Jaffee
Johns
Kellner
Lavine
Lentol
Lifton
V. Lopez
Losquadro
Lupardo
Maisel
Malliotakis
Markey
McDonough
McEneny
McKevitt
J. Miller
M. Miller
Montesano
Morelle
Moya
Ortiz
Paulin
Peoples-Stokes
Perry
Rabbitt
Raia
N. Rivera
P. Rivera
Roberts
Rosenthal
Russell
Saladino
Schimel
Schroeder
Spano
Stevenson
Sweeney
Tenney
Thiele
Titone
Titus
Weisenberg
Weprin
Zebrowski
Steve Malito, Esq.
—————————–
Davidoff Malito & Hutcher LLP
200 Garden City Plaza, Ste. 315
Garden City, New York 11530
Office (516) 248-6400
Fax (516) 248-6422
Mobile - (917) 613-4766
Albany - New York City - D.C. - Long Island
www.dmlegal.com
JUSTIFICATION:
Vision loss does not have to be devastating. Full independence can be
achieved when there is access to highly qualified vision rehabilitation
professionals (VRPs). A significant number of the more than one million
individuals with vision loss are empowered, self-sufficient and able to
navigate through their lives independently due in part to the special-
ized services they received when they needed them.
(more…)
Statement Regarding Certification and Licensure of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals Garett A. Holm
First, it is important to note that I write this statement not as the President of the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (herein ACVREP), or on behalf of said organization. Second, my comments are meant to be used in their entirety. (more…)
May 24, 2010
Dear Senator Stavisky:
I write this memorandum in support of licensure for vision rehabilitation therapists (VRTs) and orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists and to thank you for your leadership on this bill to license VRT and O&M specialists (S.5581B). I want to thank you for putting the bill on the committee agenda two years ago. As you know it was passed by the entire senate 62-0. (more…)
May 24, 2010
Dear Senator Johnson:
I write this memorandum in support of licensure for vision rehabilitation therapists (VRTs) and orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists and to thank you for your leadership on this bill to license VRT and O&M specialists (S.5581B). Your work succeeded in getting the bill out of committee and passed by the entire senate just two sessions ago. I know because of you this bill will be on the Higher Education Committee agenda this session. (more…)
May 24, 2010
Dear Assembly Member Bing:
I write this memorandum in support of licensure for vision rehabilitation therapists (VRTs) and orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists and to thank you for your leadership on this bill to license VRT and O&M specialists (A.5581B). Your work has kept the bill active and I know because of you this bill will be on the Higher Education Committee agenda this session. (more…)
May 24, 2010
Dear Assembly Member Glick:
I write this memorandum in support of licensure for vision rehabilitation therapists (VRTs) and orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists and to urge you to put the bill to license VRT and O&M specialists (A.5581B) on your committee agenda this session. The lives of over a million New Yorkers with visual impairments are at stake. (more…)
Dear Senator Stavisky:
On behalf of the 184 Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) employees, 79 of whom are blind or visually impaired, we urge you to support New York State Licensure of Vision Rehabilitation Professionals and Orientation and Mobility Specialists (S.1262B/A.5581B). (more…)
Memorandum in Support of New York State Licensure of Vision Rehabilitation Professionals and Orientation and Mobility Specialists (S.1262B/A.5581B)
Licensure is a consumer protection practice. If you ask the general public, they view licensure as a protection against unqualified service providers. Licensure specifies scope of practice, educational requirements, practicum or internship requirements, and title protection. You cannot practice or use the title of licensed professional when a profession is licensed unless you have met all the qualifying criteria.
(more…)