 The Task Force held roundtable discussions across New York State for more than six months.Meier authored a law requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a Federal Medicaid waiver to create a pilot program to offer less costly, more appropriate care to Medicaid patients in need of long-term care.Meier was chosen as one of only two Republicans in New York State to serve on the Platform Committee for the 2004 Republican National Convention.