Rep. Mike Sturla Is Chair of the House Democratic Policy Committee

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About the House Democratic THE Policy Committee Rep. Mike Sturla is chair of the House Democratic Policy Committee. The Policy Committee holds public hearings and meetings across the state, and serves as the catalyst APOLICY summary of House Democratic Policy Committee meetings ...... RECAPPhiladelphia | March 17 l Pittsburgh | March 27-29 to enacting major policy initiatives put forth by members of the House Democratic Caucus. Rep. Mike Sturla You can find details about upcoming Municipal Fees for State Police Coverage hearings, hearing testimony from previous hearings and Chairman of Local Municipalities Sturla’s Policy Point of the Day Philadelphia | March 17 by visiting www.pahouse.com/ Pittsburgh | March 27 PolicyCommittee. Chairman Mike Sturla hosted House Democratic Policy hearings in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to discuss a municipal fee for state police Members of the Policy Committee coverage of local municipalities. As the budget season approaches and legislators are seeking ways Chairman Mike Sturla Rep. Jason Dawkins Rep. Ed Neilson to close budget gaps, Chairman Rep. Ryan A. Bizzarro Rep. Daniel Deasy Rep. Michael O’Brien Sturla is working to ensure the Pennsylvania State Police will have Rep. Kevin Boyle Rep. Tony Deluca Rep. Joseph A. Petrarca the resources needed to carry out Rep. Paul Costa Rep. Frank Dermody Rep. Christopher M. Rabb their tasks while preserving the Rep. Tina Davis Rep. Maria P. Donatucci Rep. Adam Ravenstahl Motor License Fund.

Rep. Madeleine Dean Rep. Michael Driscoll Rep. Harry A. Readshaw For a full list of testifiers, testimony and additional hearing Rep. Pamela A. DeLissio Rep. Florindo J. Fabrizio Rep. James R. Roebuck Jr. photos, please visit pahouse.com/policycommittee. Rep. Edward C. Gainey Rep. Isabella Fitzgerald Rep. Mark Rozzi Rep. Jordan A. Harris Rep. Dan B. Frankel Rep. Christopher Sainato Rep. Sid Michaels Kavulich Rep. Robert L. Freeman Rep. Mike Schlossberg Rep. Stephen Kinsey Rep. Marc J. Gergely Rep. Peter G. Schweyer Rep. Mark A. Longietti Rep. Neal P. Goodman Rep. Brian K. Sims Rep. Robert Matzie Rep. Michael K. Hanna Sr. Rep. Pam Snyder Rep. Steve McCarter Rep. Patrick J. Harkins Rep. Jared G. Solomon Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski Rep. Patty Kim Rep. W. Curtis Thomas Rep. Donna Bullock Rep. William C. Kortz Rep. Greg Vitali Rep. Frank Burns Rep. Leanne Krueger-Braneky Rep. Perry Warren Rep. Thomas R. Caltagirone Rep. Maureen E. Madden Rep. Jake Wheatley Rep. Dom Costa Rep. Joseph F. Markosek Rep. Rosita C. Youngblood Rep. Mary Jo Daley Rep. Daniel McNeill Rep. Margo Davidson Rep. Dan Miller

lpo.kaf.0417 Rep. Dom Costa Rep. Dan Frankel Towing Regulations Affordable Care Act/Medical Expansion Repeal Pittsburgh | March 28, 2017 Pittsburgh | March 29, 2017 Rep. Dom Costa, members State Rep. Dan Frankel’s House Democratic Policy Hearing of the House Democratic focused on how to prepare for changes or a potential repeal of Policy Committee and the the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion. public heard from testifiers Key facts from the hearing: about responding to and towing from crash scenes, • More than 1,100,000 Pennsylvanians have access to as well as insurance industry health care coverage as a result of Medicaid Expansion concerns. and the Affordable Care Act. • Hospitals in Pennsylvania received $5 billion payments that accounted for 13 percent of their total revenues. • Pennsylvania added 15,500 jobs in 2015 alone as a result of the Affordable Care Act. • Repeal would put vaccination programs, infectious disease prevention, and breast and cervical cancer screenings at risk of being defunded.

Testifiers included: Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert, Lt. Ed Cunningham and Sgt. Rich Begenwald; Councilman Dan Gilman, Pittsburgh City Council District 8; Steven Wheeler, executive director, Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority; John Halbleib, owner, Halbleib Automotive and D-Maxx Automotive; and a panel from the National Insurance Crime Bureau: Tim Lynch, director of government affairs, and John McCall, special agent, Mid-Atlantic region.

HEARING TESTIMONY IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.PAHOUSE.COM/POLICYCOMMITTEE Rep. Dom Costa Rep. Dan Frankel Towing Regulations Affordable Care Act/Medical Expansion Repeal Pittsburgh | March 28, 2017 Pittsburgh | March 29, 2017 Rep. Dom Costa, members State Rep. Dan Frankel’s House Democratic Policy Hearing of the House Democratic focused on how to prepare for changes or a potential repeal of Policy Committee and the the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion. public heard from testifiers Key facts from the hearing: about responding to and towing from crash scenes, • More than 1,100,000 Pennsylvanians have access to as well as insurance industry health care coverage as a result of Medicaid Expansion concerns. and the Affordable Care Act. • Hospitals in Pennsylvania received $5 billion payments that accounted for 13 percent of their total revenues. • Pennsylvania added 15,500 jobs in 2015 alone as a result of the Affordable Care Act. • Repeal would put vaccination programs, infectious disease prevention, and breast and cervical cancer screenings at risk of being defunded.

HEARING TESTIMONY IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.PAHOUSE.COM/POLICYCOMMITTEE About the House Democratic THE Policy Committee Rep. Mike Sturla is chair of the House Democratic Policy Committee. The Policy Committee holds public hearings and meetings across the state, and serves as the catalyst APOLICY summary of House Democratic Policy Committee meetings ...... RECAPPhiladelphia | March 17 l Pittsburgh | March 27-29 to enacting major policy initiatives put forth by members of the House Democratic Caucus. Rep. Mike Sturla You can find details about upcoming Municipal Fees for State Police Coverage hearings, hearing testimony from previous hearings and Chairman of Local Municipalities Sturla’s Policy Point of the Day Philadelphia | March 17 by visiting www.pahouse.com/ Pittsburgh | March 27 PolicyCommittee. Chairman Mike Sturla hosted House Democratic Policy hearings in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to discuss a municipal fee for state police Members of the Policy Committee coverage of local municipalities. As the budget season approaches and legislators are seeking ways Chairman Mike Sturla Rep. Jason Dawkins Rep. Ed Neilson to close budget gaps, Chairman Rep. Ryan A. Bizzarro Rep. Daniel Deasy Rep. Michael O’Brien Sturla is working to ensure the Pennsylvania State Police will have Rep. Kevin Boyle Rep. Tony Deluca Rep. Joseph A. Petrarca the resources needed to carry out Rep. Paul Costa Rep. Frank Dermody Rep. Christopher M. Rabb their tasks while preserving the Rep. Tina Davis Rep. Maria P. Donatucci Rep. Adam Ravenstahl Motor License Fund.

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