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#AccessToHealthCare Webinar: Sickle Cell Disease and Supporting Access To Care

Thursday, October 19, 2023
#AccessToHealthCare Webinar: Sickle Cell Disease and Supporting Access To Care
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Want to learn the ways in which state policy advances access to care to those living with Sickle Cell Disease? Don’t miss this virtual policy round-table event in which expert speakers will discuss this and so much more!

WEBINAR RECORDING

Speaker(s):

Rosemary Britts, Executive Director, Sickle Cell Association
Genice T. Nelson, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC Nursing Director, Nursing Administration Behavioral Health, New England Sickle Cell Institute, and Connecticut Bleeding Disorders Programs

Moderator:

Illinois State Representative Camille Lilly
Resources
IL HB 158 – Creates the Community Health Worker Certification and Reimbursement Act (including the creation of Sickle Cell Prevention, Care, and Treatment Program Act regarding programs and other matters)
Sickle Cell Disease Fact Sheet
TN HB 992 – Chaptered – “Terrence’s Law”
Resolution Addressing Longstanding Mistreatment of Sickle Cell Patients in Two Healthcare Facilities
Gene Editing – Policymaker Audience Infographic
KY SB 276 – An Act relating to Medicaid Coverage for Sickle Cell Disease
FL SB 1352 – An act relating to sickle cell disease medications, treatment and screening
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