NYS Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - therapeutic diet order writing legislation Hi All, I am writing on behalf of NYSAND as Chair of the Task Force on Therapeutic Diet Order Writing legislation. We have re-introduced our bills allowing hospitals and long-term care facilities to privilege RDs to write therapeutic diet orders. There is a small window during the legislative cycle that elected officials actively work on bills and consider sponsorship – *from now to June 10*. On behalf of our profession and RDs in NYS, I am requesting 2 things: a) read the materials attached, share with your students and contact your own elected officials, and b) send the materials attached to your preceptors/mentors that work in hospitals and long-term care facilities encouraging them to do the same. *Attached materials: * 1 – “TDO email and phone script.docx” regarding how to initiate contact with elected official and set up appointment 2 – “TDO presentation 2021.pptx” self-explanatory background and details regarding TDO bills 3 – “Sample script for visiting legislators – 2021.docx” is guide for conducting a visit 4 – “TDO summary for legislators 2021” is a 2 page document to with the appropriate detail to guide a visit with an elected official. *This is a golden opportunity – and we need to seize it! * *Josephine Connolly-Schoonen, PhD, RD* Associate Clinical Professor Director, Nutrition Division Director, Dietetic Internship Family, Population & Preventive Medicine Stony Brook Medicine HSC Level 3, Room 086 Stony Brook, NY 11794-8036 Author of *Losing Weight Permanently with the Bull’s-Eye Food Guide* https://medicine.stonybrookmedicine.edu/dietetic_intern <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.stonybrookmedicine.edu%2Fdietetic_intern&data=02%7C01%7CJosephine.Connolly-Schoonen%40stonybrookmedicine.edu%7C425d131ade074cc8913408d84474364f%7Ceafa1b31b194425db36656c215b7760c%7C0%7C0%7C637334613198216854&sdata=eG9jOsKjfFlfnPCRs4aq6czWwM%2BlLx9qudeXsWOzkbE%3D&reserved=0> https://medicine.stonybrookmedicine.edu/gradnutrition <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.stonybrookmedicine.edu%2Fgradnutrition&data=02%7C01%7CJosephine.Connolly-Schoonen%40stonybrookmedicine.edu%7C425d131ade074cc8913408d84474364f%7Ceafa1b31b194425db36656c215b7760c%7C0%7C0%7C637334613198226857&sdata=l7lvhDKhASQoLn4D3emr5c5HcvpJszZLjFDAsdjCKOM%3D&reserved=0> https://medicine.stonybrookmedicine.edu/family_population_preventive_medicin... <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.stonybrookmedicine.edu%2Ffamily_population_preventive_medicine%2Fdivisions%2Fnutrition&data=02%7C01%7CJosephine.Connolly-Schoonen%40stonybrookmedicine.edu%7C425d131ade074cc8913408d84474364f%7Ceafa1b31b194425db36656c215b7760c%7C0%7C0%7C637334613198226857&sdata=0ElJih%2BlxlYxDeW9xqPzdNl1%2BRtbBpqAZsMVBI5K%2B0s%3D&reserved=0> *Pronouns: she, her, hers* This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail and destroy all copies of the original. -- *Marlee Hirsch* | Secretary Qc Dietetics Club *Email:* qcdieteticsclub@gmail.com [image: created with MySignature.io] <https://www.instagram.com/qc_dieteticsclub/>