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KEY CONTACT ALERT
URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED
| TO: |
Key Contacts
Constituents, Assembly Arts and Appropriations Committee Members
(See attached committee list) |
| FROM: |
Randall Hagar, Director
of Government Affairs |
| RE: |
Opposition to AB 2645 (Mountjoy) |
| DATE: |
April 20, 2004 |
BACKGROUND - FOSTER CHILDREN PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG USE STUDY
AB 2645 is based on the mistaken assumption that foster kids are
over-medicated. In fact, Dr. Bonnie Zima's UCLA studies of foster youth
indicate that there is an unmet need for mental health services for this
population. Entering foster care actually provides ACCESS to needed services.
A study of this kind is a waste of public funds. This bill is supported by the
Church of Scientology through their psychiatric 'abuse' investigative arm, the
Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
STATUS - UNEXPECTED ASSEMBLY FLOOR MANEUVER BYPASSES JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE REVIEW OF AB 2645
AB 2645 will be heard Wednesday 28, 2004 in Assembly
Appropriations Committee. (Contact
information)
ACTION NEEDED - CONTACT SACRAMENTO OFFICES OF ASSEMBLY
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Letters needed by 4 p.m. Monday, April 26, 2004.
1. Constituent Letters: fax your member's Sacramento office
with your letter.
2. Non-constituent Letters: fax your letter to the Chair of the
Committee.
Phone Calls needed by 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2004.
3. Constituent phone calls: call your member's Sacramento office.
4. Non-constituent phone calls: call the Chair of the Committee.
ATTACHMENTS (WITH THIS PAGE, 4 PAGES TOTAL)
ATTACHMENTS
CPA and Dr. Bonnie Zima
Letters Opposing AB 2645
AB 2645 TALKING POINTS
- SAMPLE LETTER
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