Suffolk Patient Protection Oversight Committee July 27, 2016

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services’ Patient Protection Oversight Committee will be discussing The Consumer Assistance Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD), at its next meeting in July.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at

Suffolk County Department of Health Services’

Administrative Building

   3500 Sunrise Highway, Building 200

  Great River, NY 11739-9006

 Administrative Board Room

AGENDA

• Michelle Bates, Program Coordinator for the ABD, will discuss the ABD program, which opened in October 2015 to provide education, outreach and enrollment assistance into government-sponsored health insurance programs to those who are certified blind,  certified disabled or 65 years of age or older.

• Lauren Barlow, MS, RD, PHN III, specialist in epidemiology with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, will present “CDC-Zika 101” and will provide the latest information on the prevention, transmission, and symptoms of Zika virus.

• Overview of general activity of the Patient Advocacy Unit

If you would like information about how to join this meeting on a conference call, or there are specific items you would like to add to the agenda, please call 631- 854-0337.