| For Immediate Release:
October 19, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY –A
coalition of organizations representing senior Oklahomans has released
its yearly report on how key issues fared during the legislative session.
Sen. Rick Brinkley has received their top score, supporting seven out
of seven key issues.
The Oklahoma Aging
Partnership (OAP) is a non-partisan coalition of organizations, including
AARP Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Alliance on Aging, the Oklahoma Silver Haired
legislature Alumni Association and the Oklahoma State Council on Aging.
“Ensuring our
public policies protect the safety and well-being of our seniors is
simply good public policy for our entire state,” said Brinkley,
R-Owasso. “That means doing what we can to help our seniors with
laws that ensure their rights when it comes to medical care, protecting
them from predatory criminals, and helping those who are able to remain
independent access the programs they need to remain independent for
as long as possible.”
Brinkley was principal
author of one of the seven bills advocated by OAP in the 2012 session.
Senate Bill 1401 requires long-term care centers and other specific
facilities without emergency power generators to provide written disclosure
to any resident or resident’s caregiver disclosing this information.
In addition, it prohibits licensed health care facilities and related
personnel from referring clients to unlicensed providers of personal
care or companion services.
“Oklahoma
seniors spent their lives contributing to our state. They raised families,
taught our children in school, built businesses, ran farms and ranches
and served their communities,” Brinkley said. “I am proud
to support legislation ensuring their dignity, safety and well-being.”
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