September 29, 2021 General Assembly Votes to Preserve Health Care Waivers through March 2022 The Pennsylvania General Assembly voted today to extend critical health care waivers and flexibilities to support the hospital community through March 2022.
September 20, 2021 Pharmacy Leaders Urge Lawmakers to Preserve Emergency Vaccine Waivers On Monday, the House Professional Licensure Committee heard testimony from pharmacy vaccine providers and others in the health care community about the ways COVID-19 emergency waivers have improved access to vaccines. The hearing comes as lawmakers begin to determine their next steps for critical COVID-19 emergency waivers and flexibilities that are set to expire September 30.
September 16, 2021 4 Ways Pennsylvanians Benefit from COVID-19 Waivers and Flexibilities With the General Assembly’s return next week, HAP is urging lawmakers to protect pandemic-era reforms that have supported all Pennsylvanians.
September 09, 2021 How Health Equity Impacts Patient Care During the first day of HAP’s virtual Patient Safety and Quality Symposium, health care leaders from Pennsylvania and across the nation discussed the ways COVID-19 has transformed care, health equity, and the latest state and federal regulatory updates.
August 04, 2021 Governor Wolf Renews Opioid Disaster Declaration Governor Tom Wolf today signed the 15th renewal of the Opioid Disaster Declaration and requested the General Assembly to reconvene to extend the declaration by August 26.
June 25, 2021 Legislators on Track to Finalize State Budget by Weekend The Pennsylvania General Assembly today advanced a nearly $40 billion budget proposal for 2021–2022 that leaves about $5 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding unspent and sets aside another $2.5 billion to ward off future tax increases, state lawmakers said today.