Other Resources and Information:
- RCPA Comments on Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg
- Huge budget cuts could hurt people with mental illness, disabilities most, Pa. providers fear from – RCPA President/CEO Richard Edley quoted
- Report: HR 268 Joint State Government Commission | Behavioral Health Needs and Behavioral Health Care System Capacity on Hospital Emergency Rooms & Patient Health
Letters and Resources from RCPA and Coalitions:
- RCPA Letter to DCED Secretary Regarding Hazard Pay Grant Program Awards
- RCPA President & CEO Richard S. Edley, PhD, along with PAR President & CEO Mark Davis, released the following Op-Ed: Covid-19 funding needed for intellectual and developmental disability community
- Advocacy Regarding Retainer Payments for HCBS (letter from Senator Casey and other US Senators)
- RCPA Telehealth Member Survey Results June 9, 2020
- FY 2021 IRF PPS Proposed Rule Comment Letter
- RCPA Letter: Response to Crisis
- ID/A Funding Letter to Governor Wolf – May 11, 2020
- COVID-19 Crisis in Funding: The Immediate Need for Enhanced IDD Rates
- Pennsylvania’s Philanthropic and Nonprofit Community Request Modifications to the CARES Act
- Secretary Levine ID/A Community Letter
- RCPA Letter to Governor Wolf Declaring Providers are Essential Health Care Providers
- Join RCPA/DASPOP Letter to Governor Wolf Requesting Assistance with PPE and Funding
Legislative Tracking Reports for March 2020:
- Adult Mental Health
- Autism
- Brain Injury
- Budget
- Children and Youth
- Children’s
- Criminal Justice
- Drug and Alcohol
- Insurance
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Labor
- Medical Rehabilitation
- Minimum Wage
- Miscellaneous
- Regulatory
- Social Programs
- Suicide
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- House Democrats Announce Minority Committee Chairs
- House Republicans Announce Majority Committee Chairs
- Senate Democrats Announce Minority Committee Chairs
- Senate Republicans Announce Majority Committee Chairs
- PA House Announces 2019–20 Budget Hearing Dates
- PA Senate Announces 2019–20 Budget Hearing Dates
- Senate Democrats Announce Committee Assignments
- RCPA White Paper Supporting BH Carve Out
- Regulatory Reform Position Paper with Outpatient Regs
- RCPA Signs Onto Coalition Letter Opposing HB 335
- Sample Letters to the Editor Opposing HB 335 and SB 268
- Sample Legislative Letters for Consumers Opposing HB 335 and SB 268
- Letter to Governor Wolf for CCBHC Transition Funding
