Organizations Supporting The Family Health Care Decisions Act

Health Care Providers and Medical Organizations

• American Cancer Society
• New York State Association of Homes and Services to the Aging
• Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State
• New York Academy of Medicine
• New York State Association of Health Care Providers
• New York State Health Facilities Association
• New York State Nurses Association
• Western New York Ethics Committee Network (UB Center for Clinical Ethics)
• Healthcare Association of New York State
• Medical Society of the State of New York
• 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
• Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNS)

Civic and Religious Organizations

• Association of African-American Gerontologists
• American Jewish Congress
• Association of the Bar of New York City
• New York State Bar Association-Health Committee
• Lutheran Statewide Advocacy
• Older Women's League (OWL)
• New York State Community of Churches (formerly: Council of Churches)
• Women's City Club
• Temple Sinai, Buffalo
• Retirees Association of DC 37

Patients' Rights Organizations

• Coalition of New York State Alzheimer's Association Chapters
• Cancer Care
• Institute for Puerto Rican/ Hispanic Elderly
• Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled
• Center for Medical Consumers
• Consumers Union
• Friends & Relatives of the Institutionalized Aged (FRIA)
• NYSARC, Inc. (Formerly the New York State Association for Retarded Children)
• New York Citizens Committee on Health Care Decisions
• Long Term Care Community Coalition
• New York Civil Liberties Union and NYCLU's FHCDA support page
• Nursing Home Community Coalition of New York State
• Last Acts Partnership
• Nassau County Long Term Care Ombudservice
• New York City Substate Long- Term Care Ombudservice
• NY Statewide Senior Action Council
• Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York
• JPAC for Older Adults
• Spanish Speaking Elderly Council-RAICES
• Save Our Services on Long Island (SOS-LI)
• Suffolk County Long Term Care Ombudservice
• Westchester Health Action Coalition

If your organization supports this legislation and is NOT listed, please contact Jack Freer