NYS ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 140, JUNE 04, 2015-
Assemblyman Robin Schimminger for Tonawanda, North Tonawanda and Kenmore is blocking the vote on Bill A.355, which would mandate physicians have a minimal, three-hour training per two years on the opiate pain killers they prescribe. Although the Bill passed in the Senate, and has enough votes to pass in the Assembly, and although it is co-sponsored by his Democratic Leadership colleagues Deputy Speaker Earlene Hooper and Deputy Majority Whip Barbara Clark, Schimminger opposes the mandate.
While most professionals, including teachers, accountants, electricians and more are required by law to participate in continuing education, Schimminger doesn’t feel it is necessary for doctors to have the same mandate when prescribing drugs so similar to heroin that they are the most common cause of drug overdose in America. Is he mad? Perhaps. Or perhaps there is another reason he is opposed to the Bill. Could it be that massive campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies and physician lobbying organizations have influenced his vote?
Here are just a few of Schimminger’s recent campaign contributors:
Astellas Pharma US INC
Astra US Holdings Corp
Astra Zeneca
Astrazeneca
Astrazeneca Services
Bayer, PA
Bayer, CT
Bayer Healthcare
Bayer Healthcare LLC
Eli Lilly &Co PAC NYC
Eli Lilly &Co PAC Albany
Eli Lilly &Co PAC Indiana
Eli Lilly &Co PAC
Healthcare Association of NY
Healthcare Providers PAC
Healthcare NY
Healthy NY
HPA PAC
Johnson & Johnson PAC
Medical Society for the State of New York PAC
Medimmune Biologics
Merck
Merck & Co INC
Merck NY PAC
Merck NYS PAC
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp
MSSNY
Pfiezer PAC
Pharmacy PAC of NYS
PHRMAC (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/plsql_…/getfiler2_loaddates
He received dozens of additional campaign contributions from an array of other medical associations, lobbying groups, and organizations within the pharma industry. Is it any wonder he against this Bill?
I called Assemblyman Schimminger’s office for comment and was referred to his media spokesperson Jill. Jill has not returned my call.
So help me to keep calling.
• Robin Schimminger -- District 140
LOB 847
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-4767
3514 Delaware Avenue
Kenmore, NY 14217
716-873-2540
SchimmR@assembly.state.ny.us
Assemblyman Robin Schimminger for Tonawanda, North Tonawanda and Kenmore is blocking the vote on Bill A.355, which would mandate physicians have a minimal, three-hour training per two years on the opiate pain killers they prescribe. Although the Bill passed in the Senate, and has enough votes to pass in the Assembly, and although it is co-sponsored by his Democratic Leadership colleagues Deputy Speaker Earlene Hooper and Deputy Majority Whip Barbara Clark, Schimminger opposes the mandate.
While most professionals, including teachers, accountants, electricians and more are required by law to participate in continuing education, Schimminger doesn’t feel it is necessary for doctors to have the same mandate when prescribing drugs so similar to heroin that they are the most common cause of drug overdose in America. Is he mad? Perhaps. Or perhaps there is another reason he is opposed to the Bill. Could it be that massive campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies and physician lobbying organizations have influenced his vote?
Here are just a few of Schimminger’s recent campaign contributors:
Astellas Pharma US INC
Astra US Holdings Corp
Astra Zeneca
Astrazeneca
Astrazeneca Services
Bayer, PA
Bayer, CT
Bayer Healthcare
Bayer Healthcare LLC
Eli Lilly &Co PAC NYC
Eli Lilly &Co PAC Albany
Eli Lilly &Co PAC Indiana
Eli Lilly &Co PAC
Healthcare Association of NY
Healthcare Providers PAC
Healthcare NY
Healthy NY
HPA PAC
Johnson & Johnson PAC
Medical Society for the State of New York PAC
Medimmune Biologics
Merck
Merck & Co INC
Merck NY PAC
Merck NYS PAC
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp
MSSNY
Pfiezer PAC
Pharmacy PAC of NYS
PHRMAC (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/plsql_…/getfiler2_loaddates
He received dozens of additional campaign contributions from an array of other medical associations, lobbying groups, and organizations within the pharma industry. Is it any wonder he against this Bill?
I called Assemblyman Schimminger’s office for comment and was referred to his media spokesperson Jill. Jill has not returned my call.
So help me to keep calling.
• Robin Schimminger -- District 140
LOB 847
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-4767
3514 Delaware Avenue
Kenmore, NY 14217
716-873-2540
SchimmR@assembly.state.ny.us
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