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MEDIA ADVISORY |
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State
Rep. Jake Wheatley |
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Subcommittee to examine adverse events at Pa. group homes
HARRISBURG, Aug. 24 – State Rep. Jake Wheatley, D-Allegheny, chairman of the House Health and Human Services Subcommittee on Mental Health, will hold a hearing Tuesday on adverse events at group homes in Pennsylvania. The hearing is intended to provide an overview and analysis of complaints and related procedures.
The hearing will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25 in Room 205 of the Ryan Office Building in the Capitol Complex.
Media coverage is invited.
Live streaming video of the hearing will be available at www.pahouse.com/mediacenter/PAHouselive.asp.
The agenda is as follows:
Opening remarks – Chairman Wheatley
1:10 p.m. – Estelle Richman, secretary, Department of Public Welfare
Kevin Casey, DPW deputy secretary for Office of Developmental Programs
The Advocacy Community
1:30 p.m. – Audrey Coccia, co-executive director, Vision For Equality
1:40 p.m. – Stephen H. Suroviec, executive director, Advocacy and Resources for Citizens with
Cognitive, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ARC of Pennsylvania)
1:50 p.m. –Dawn Rudinski, Central Region community advocate, Disability Rights Network of Harrisburg
2 p.m. – Nancy Murray, president, ARC of Greater Pittsburgh/Achieva
The Provider Community
2:10 p.m. – Carol Grant, executive director, Passavant Memorial Homes, Pittsburgh
2:20 p.m. – Thomas A. Bach, director, Mental Retardation Services, Turtle Creek Valley Group Home, Pittsburgh
2:30 p.m. – Gene Bianco, president, Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Harrisburg
The Consumer Community -- Panel Presentation
2:40 p.m. – Marlene Popielarcheck and James M. Mesnar
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