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Legislative & Regulatory Updates

Pennsylvania

Medical Society

QUARTERLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

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ith summer arriving in Harrisburg, conversations
over the 2017-2018 state budget are well underway.
Governor Tom Wolf kicked off the process with
his budget address in February that outlined $32.2
billion in spending, including pledges for increased investments
in education, seniors, and substance abuse services, while avoiding
new broad-based tax increases. The Governor's budget offsets these
increased investments by proposing a savings of $2 billion through
waste cutting and government efficiency measures.

time of preparing this update, it seems realistic that the Governor
and the General Assembly could agree to a finalized budget by the
June 30, 2017 constitutional deadline.
Beyond the budget, the General Assembly has taken action on
several bills of interest to PAMED already this year. Below is an
update on that activity.
SB 25 - CRNP Independent Practice -
Introduced by Senator Bartolotta
This legislation would, among other things, eliminate the requirement that the State Board of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine
approve the combined practice of CNPs with physicians. It would
also allow CNPs to be eligible to practice without a collaborative or
written agreement, including being able to prescribe medications

In response, in April, the Republican-majority House passed its
budget bill by a strong party line vote (114-84) that proposes $31.5
billion in spending. The $815 million gap between the two plans is
the closest Governor Wolf and the GOP legislature have had at this
point in the process. More work still needs to be done, but at the

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