2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Health/Medicaid
February 11, 2025
9:30 AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
James V. McDonald, M.D., M.P.H.
Commissioner
New York State Department of Health

Amir Bassiri     (Testimony Pending)
Medicaid Director
New York State Department of Health

Adrienne Harris
Superintendent
New York State Department of Financial Services

Bea Grause, RN, JD
President
Healthcare Association of NYS

Helen Schaub
Vice President, Interim Political Director
1199SEIU

Cora Opsah
Director, Health Fund
32BJ Benefit Funds

Leon Bell
Director of Public Policy
New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)

Kenneth E. Raske
President
Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)

Louise Cohen
CEO
Primary Care Development Corporation

Mia Wagner
Senior Health Policy Analyst
Health Care For All New York

Eric Linzer
President & CEO
New York Health Plan Association

Lara Kassel
Coalition Coordinator
Medicaid Matters New York

Bill Hammond
Senior Fellow for Health Policy
Empire Center for Public Policy

Sebrina Barrett
President & CEO
LeadingAge New York

Linda Beers
President
NYS Association of County Health Officials

Megan C. Ryan, Esq.
CEO & President, Chief Legal Officer
Nassau Health Care Corporation

Rose Duhan
President & CEO
Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS)

Paul Pipia, MD
Immediate Past-President
Medical Society of the State of New York

Christopher R. Arnold
Mid-Atlantic Region Liaison
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

Jonathan Teyan
President & CEO
Associated Medical Schools of New York

Jeffrey S. Rabrich, DO, MBA
FACEP President
New York American College of Emergency Physicians

Michael Grossfeld
President
Agencies for Children’s Therapy Services (ACTS)

Brigit Hurley
Chief Program Officer
The Children’s Agenda

Maureen O’Grady
Chair, Public Policy Committee
NYS Association for Behavior Analysis

Maggie Collins
Director of Public Policy
Alliance of New York State YMCAs

James Spiers
Founding Member
New York Water Safety Coalition

Kristin DeVries, MA, MPP
Director of Government Relations
NYS Health Facilities Association (NYSHFA)

Lindsay Heckler
Managing Attorney
Center for Elder Law & Justice

Chris Vitale
Legislative Coordinator
Empire State Association of Assisted Living

Dan Lowenstein
SVP of Government Affairs
VNS Health

Bryan O’Malley
Executive Director
Consumer Directed Action of New York

Lindsay Miller
Executive Director
New York Association on Independent Living

Amy Robins
Senior Director of Policy
PHI

Ilana Berger
NY Political Director
Caring Majority Rising

Al Cardillo
President & CEO
Home Care Association of New York State

Angela Pender-Fox
Associate Executive Director
The Food Pantries for the Capital District

Natash Pernicka
Executive Director
The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York

Alyson Rosenthal
Chief Program Officer
West Side Campaign Against Hunger

Rev. Dustin G. Longmire
Co-Chair
Schenectady County Food Council Advocacy and Empowerment Working Group

Dickran Jebejian     (Testimony Pending)
Director of Policy
Met Council

Alec Ferretti
Director
Association of Professional Genealogists

Dr. Joshua Taylor
President & CEO
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Michael Davoli (ACS CAN)
Senior Government Relations Director
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

Toni Smith
State Director
Drug Policy Alliance

Jeanne M. Chirico, MPA
President & CEO
Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS

Jennifer Tassler
VP for Government Relations and Strategic Affairs
NYS Academic Dental Centers

Charles King
President & CEO
Housing Works

Corinne Carey
Senior Campaign Director
Compassion & Choices

Written Testimony
Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region

Tompkins County Food Distribution Network

The Underhill Society of America

J.P. Marthia

Rev. Dr. Amaury Tañón-Santos
Executive Director/CEO
Sycamore Collaborative

Griffin Bates
Steuben County Historian
Steuben County

Adirondack Birth to Three Alliance at Adirondack Foundation (Alliance)

Kelly Headrick
Senior Director, State Government Affairs & Grassroots Advocacy
Autism Speaks

Elisabeth Espinosa
Director of Outreach Programs
Catholic Charities Tri-County Services

Coalition of New York State Public Health Plans

Julia Day
Parent Advocate

Jewish Family Services of Rochester

Stacy McIlduff
Executive Director
New York State Dental Foundation

New York State Society of Physician Assistants (NYSSPA)