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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 SESSION OF 2016 200TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 35 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE, The House convened at 11 a.m., e.d.t. CONSIDERED FIRST TIME, AND RECOMMITTED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES THE SPEAKER (MIKE TURZAI) HB 1619, PN 2348 By Rep. BAKER PRESIDING An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; providing for the form of the PRAYER compact; and imposing additional powers and duties on the Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Interstate Medical HON. THOMAS P. MURT, member of the House of Licensure Compact. Representatives, offered the following prayer: HEALTH. Please bow your heads. We begin today with a verse from Psalm 34. "The Lord is HB 2088, PN 3467 (Amended) By Rep. BAKER close to those whose hearts are breaking." An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known This morning please remember our distinguished colleague as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for and friend, Jim Roebuck, who lost his wife earlier this week. medical assistance payments for institutional care and providing for Please keep Jim and his family in your thoughts and prayers. comprehensive services and items; in children and youth, further Also, please remember our colleague, Craig Staats, who lost his providing for provider submissions; in nursing facility assessments, further providing for definitions and for time periods; in intermediate sister last week. care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability assessments, Lord, we come to You proclaiming that You are all-powerful further providing for definitions and for time periods; in hospital and all-loving. You are our tower of strength. You are ever assessments, further providing for definitions and for time period; in present in times of trouble. We come to You with thankful departmental powers and duties as to licensing, further providing for regulations; establishing the Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership hearts for all the blessings You have given us. Program; providing for the Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Fund; Our hearts are also filled with thankfulness for those who abrogating a related regulation; and making a related repeal. serve our country in the Armed Forces and those who protect us – our police officers and firefighters. Father, we are reminded HEALTH. that our men and women in uniform fight many personal battles, and we ask that today You would intervene in their lives and BILL REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE, help each one individually. CONSIDERED FIRST TIME, AND TABLED Lord, we know that there are times when each one suffers from loneliness, homesickness, exhaustion, sadness, fear, SB 279, PN 1903 (Amended) By Rep. MAHER extreme weather conditions, fatigue, personal physical conditions, and a myriad of other difficulties. We ask that every An Act establishing the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Development need would be ministered to this day. We ask that You would Advisory Council; and providing for duties of the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Development Advisory Council and the Department of come to each one and ease their personal challenges and give Environmental Protection, for administrative support and for regulation each one renewed peace, strength, and hope. We ask that You of conventional oil and gas wells. would refresh each one this day. Amen. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SENATE MESSAGE (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and visitors.) HOUSE BILLS CONCURRED IN BY SENATE JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED The clerk of the Senate, being introduced, returned HB 57, The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the PN 49, and HB 1241, PN 3451, with information that the Journal of Tuesday, June 7, 2016, will be postponed until Senate has passed the same without amendment. printed. 1022 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE JUNE 8 LEAVES OF ABSENCE Dermody Kavulich Ortitay Wentling Diamond Keller, F. Parker, D. Wheatley DiGirolamo Keller, M.K. Pashinski Wheeland The SPEAKER. The majority whip requests leaves of Donatucci Keller, W. Payne White absence for the following members: Representative Driscoll Kim Peifer Youngblood CHRISTIANA of Beaver County for the day, Representative Dunbar Kinsey Petrarca Zimmerman GINGRICH of Lebanon County for the day, Representative Dush Kirkland Pickett Ellis Klunk Pyle Turzai, ROTHMAN of Cumberland County for the day, Representative Emrick Knowles Quigley Speaker SACCONE of Allegheny County for the day, English Kortz Quinn and Representative VEREB of Montgomery County for the day. Without objection, those leaves will be granted. ADDITIONS–0 The minority whip requests leaves of absence for the following: Representative BULLOCK of Philadelphia County NOT VOTING–0 for the day, Representative CRUZ of Philadelphia County for EXCUSED–17 the day, Representative DeLUCA of Allegheny County for the day, Representative FREEMAN of Northampton County for the Bullock Freeman Petri Santarsiero day, Representative Jordan HARRIS of Philadelphia County for Christiana Gingrich Roebuck Savage the day, Representative McNEILL of Lehigh County for the Cruz Harris, J. Rothman Simmons DeLuca McNeill Saccone Vereb day, Representative ROEBUCK of Philadelphia County for the Evans day, Representative SANTARSIERO of Bucks County for the day, Representative SAVAGE of Philadelphia County for the LEAVES ADDED–7 day, and Representative EVANS of Philadelphia County for the day. Without objection, they will be granted. Acosta Godshall Masser Truitt Gainey Lewis Murt MASTER ROLL CALL LEAVES CANCELED–5 The SPEAKER. The members will proceed to vote on the Evans Harris, J. Saccone Santarsiero Godshall master roll. The following roll call was recorded: The SPEAKER. One hundred and eighty-five members having voted on the master roll, a quorum is present in the PRESENT–185 chamber of the House. Acosta Evankovich Kotik Rader Adolph Everett Krueger Rapp Members, please take your seats. Members, please take your Artis Fabrizio Lawrence Ravenstahl seats. All members, please come onto the floor and please take Baker Farina Lewis Readshaw your seats. Barbin Farry Longietti Reed Barrar Fee Mackenzie Reese Benninghoff Flynn Maher Regan VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY MEN'S Bizzarro Frankel Mahoney Roae Bloom Gabler Major Ross BASKETBALL TEAM PRESENTED Boback Gainey Maloney Rozzi Boyle Galloway Markosek Sainato The SPEAKER. Representative Bill Adolph and Bradford Gergely Marshall Samuelson Representative Greg Vitali are invited to the rostrum for the Briggs Gibbons Marsico Sankey Brown, R. Gillen Masser Santora purpose of presenting a citation to a certain championship team. Brown, V. Gillespie Matzie Saylor Chairman Bill Adolph, the floor is yours, sir. Burns Godshall McCarter Schemel Mr. ADOLPH. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Caltagirone Goodman McClinton Schlossberg This is my 28th year as a member of the House of Carroll Greiner McGinnis Schreiber Causer Grove Mentzer Schweyer Representatives, and I have witnessed an awful lot of Cohen Hahn Metcalfe Sims celebrities, distinguished athletes, former Governors, Olympic Conklin Hanna Metzgar Snyder champions. I had never witnessed the excitement of walking Corbin Harhai Miccarelli Sonney through the halls of this Capitol watching State Representatives, Costa, D. Harhart Millard Staats Costa, P. Harkins Miller, B. Stephens State Senators, staff, and fans want some piece of this basketball Cox Harper Miller, D. Sturla team. This team is a special, special group of young men, and Culver Harris, A. Milne Tallman just being around them, you can feel it. Everybody wants a part Cutler Heffley Moul Taylor of this team. Daley, M. Helm Mullery Thomas Daley, P. Hennessey Murt Tobash I want to thank my colleague, Representative Greg Vitali, as Davidson Hickernell Mustio Toepel we all know how dedicated he is on certain issues. The first Davis Hill Neilson Toohil time he ever got excited regarding an issue other than the Dawkins Irvin Nelson Topper environment was the day after Villanova won that Day James Nesbit Truitt Dean Jozwiak Neuman Vitali championship. And Greg is such a dedicated public servant that Deasy Kampf O'Brien Ward he said to me, "Bill, would you please take the lead today? DeLissio Kaufer O'Neill Warner Because I have so many things going through my mind today Delozier Kauffman Oberlander Watson regarding the environment, I need to get settled first." 2016 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 1023 Greg and I, for over 20 years, have shared the campus in one watching it with other Villanova alumni. I was undergrad class way or the other and the many students that have graduated. of '78 and law school class of '81, and I just cannot tell you how Greg, you will not believe this, was a football player at one time proud it made all of us to be Villanova. for Villanova. I tried to tell people that here and they do not But it was not really the fact that they won the national believe it. He was a fierce football player for St. Joe's Prep. championship, which was an amazing feat in itself because Where he went wrong, I do not know, but I had to thank him for these things are won every year by different teams; it was really allowing me to take the lead. how they won. It was really the professionalism, and not to use Behind me are Coach Jay Wright; team members Josh Hart, a pun, but the right way. You know, Jay Wright, he gets his kids Darryl Reynolds, and Kris Jenkins. After finishing the regular with such a good attitude. When you read about what they do, it season with an impressive 35-and-5 record and winning the Big is not about winning a game; it is about being better than you East Championship, the Wildcats entered the NCAA (National were yesterday. That is what that program was about, just Collegiate Athletic Association) tournament as a number two instilling those values, and you see how when they were seed. From there Villanova beat UNC (University of North playing – the tenacity, the fierceness, the fearlessness.

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