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Mid-Session Legislative Wrap Up

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is taking a mid-session break and will resume session late in January 2018. 2017 was a very busy year and more issues are on the horizon for 2018. Here is the status of the several high priority bills that are on the legislative agenda of the Pennsylv
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January 05, 2018
by Hill
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abortion, Catholic Education, Catholic health care, children's health insurance program, CHIP, Down Syndrome, homelessness, legislative review, PCC agenda, POLST, pro-life, reauthorization CHIP, right to try, SB 3, Senate Bill 3

“Right to Try” and Pediatric Cancer Bills Signed into Law

Two pieces of health care-related legislation were recently signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf. Act 33 of 2017, dubbed the “Right to Try” law, will provide terminally ill patients the opportunity to try experimental treatments, such as investigational drugs, biological products and
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November 08, 2017
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Gov tom wolf, pediatric cancer, rep tom caltagirone, rep. robert godshall, right to try

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