NEWS: Gibson, Maloney push Cuomo to sign Lyme bill
Time is short for governor to approve NY bill to protect Lyme-treating physicians from capricious investigations by medical board.
From the Poughkeepsie Journal, Dec. 2, 2014:
By John Ferro
Pressure is increasing on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that would protect doctors who prescribe longer courses of antibiotics to Lyme disease patients.
On Tuesday, the two local congressmen representing Dutchess and Ulster counties — Chris Gibson, the Republican from Kinderhook, and Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney of Cold Spring — issued a joint statement calling on Cuomo to sign the measure into law.
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Click here to read press release from Rep. Gibson’s office.
Click here to read letter from Gibson and Maloney
In a recent Poughkeepsie Journal article, a key legislative source postulated that Governor Cuomo’s staff may be “questioning the need for and underpinning of the bill.”
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