PCPA learned today at the Medical Assistance Advisory Committee meeting that Secretary of the Budget Michael Masch and Estelle Richman, secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) will conduct a 2006/07 Budget Briefing Tour during March and April. Each session includes a budget presentation followed by time for questions and answers. The presenters will discuss the Governor’s proposed Executive Budget and highlight ideas generated through the 2005 Governor’s Medical Assistance Listening Tour that have been incorporated. Dates, times, and locations are as follows:
March 24 Montgomery
County Human Services Center
1430 DeKalb Street
Norristown, PA
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
March 31 City
Council Chambers
626 State Street
Erie, PA
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
April 21 Allentown
Jewish Community Center
(Tentative) 702 North 22nd Street
Allentown, PA
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
April 26 The
Regional Enterprise Building
425 Sixth Avenue, 31 Floor
Pittsburgh, PA
8:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Changes to the schedule will be posted to the DPW web site (www.dpw.state.pa.us). Please contact Betty Simmonds with questions.
