IN SCR0015

Honors John Cardwell and Nancy Griffin for their decades of work on Indiana health care policy affecting senior citizens and persons with disabilities

Nancy Griffin lobbied the Indiana General Assembly to preserve long-term care funding, co-wrote Indiana's first Medicaid waiver application for home and community-based services, and served as Director of the Volunteer Advocates Program for the Center for At-Risk Elders, State Director of AARP Indiana, and Executive Director of the Indianapolis Resource Center for Independent Living

John Cardwell joined the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana in 1981 as a community organizer and policy research specialist, served 24 years with the organization including 17 years as legislative director, and was elected chairperson of the Indiana Home Care Task Force in 1986

John Cardwell authored or co-authored the 1987 CHOICE home care program, the 1991 Family and Social Services Administration Act, the 2003 Home and Community Based Services Reform Act, and various budget language funding home health care and adult protective services

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to John Cardwell and Nancy Griffin