Our goal:

To pass a bill (and get it signed into law) which will create choice so people with disabilities can get attendant services instead of being forced into nursing home care. Our goal is to create incentives so states will offer personal choices to individuals and to do so without substantially increasing the total cost to the taxpayers.

Our goal is to pass this into law as early as possible in 1997.

To acheive this we will:

• Establish a national ADAPT legislative committee of 5 persons to work directly with the Speaker's office in Washington;
• Establish a Georgia ADAPT legislative committee of 5 persons to work directly with the Speaker's Georgia office;
• The Speaker will assign Ed Kutler in Washington and Nancy Desmond to coordinate the development and passage of this legislation.
• We will hold an initial legislative planning session before Thanksgiving.
• We will introduce the bill in January.
• We will request hearings in February and March.
• We will seek adminstration support begining this November, 1996 meeting.
• We will involve the Governor's association, the Legislative Budget Office, the appropriate House and Senate leadership begining in November, 1996 meeting.
• We will seek final passage and enactment into law prior to the end of the first session of the 105th Congress.

Newt Gingrich

Mike Auberger