WHAT: Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R- Warren/Crawford/Forest) will welcome Scott Newton, owner of Gaughn’s Drug Store in Warren, to testify before the House Health Committee regarding legislation that would create a single Pharmacy Benefit Administrator (PBA) model for all of Pennsylvania's state-funded health care programs.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced the committee approved two bills and 11 resolutions, sending them to the full House for consideration.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is planning to close Ridge Campground in Cook Forest State Park, an 8,500-acre park that runs through Clarion, Forest and Jefferson counties, for the entire 2027 season to build three new shower houses and tear down four existing shower houses. Ridge Campground, one of the largest in Pennsylvania's state park system, contains approximately 210 campsites and serves thousands of families each year.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the Commonwealth Court ruling in the case Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services:
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) announced today the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) has awarded a combined $2.25 million in funding for two water infrastructure projects in Warren County.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced two bills were approved by the committee at a voting meeting this week. However, Rapp indicated both pieces of legislation will need to be reevaluated prior to a vote on the House floor.
HARRISBURG — Reps. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) and Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) have authored a letter to Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor requesting an audit of the Department of Health’s (DOH) Division of Vital Records. The division is responsible for the issuance and oversight of birth and death records in the Commonwealth.
HARRISBURG – Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) announced today that fire and ambulance companies in the 65th Legislative District will collectively receive $543,382 in state grants to support their public safety mission.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the governor’s budget address today:
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, penned a letter to Dr. Mehmet Oz asking him to expedite the release of federal funding in the wake of another rural hospital ending inpatient labor and delivery services.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced today two bills to add two rare diseases to Pennsylvania’s Newborn Screening Program have unanimously cleared the committee.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) issued this statement following House passage of a General Appropriations bill for the 2025-26 fiscal year:
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the committee’s hearing on Pennsylvania’s Newborn Screening Program:
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced her bill to create the Rural Health Care Grant Program in Pennsylvania unanimously passed the Senate Institutional Sustainability and Innovation Committee.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following a party-line vote to re-refer Senate Bill 9, also known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, out of the Health Committee to the Judiciary Committee:
YOUNGSVILLE — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) today announced the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) has approved Youngsville Borough’s request for a low-interest loan of $2.19 million to fund a key infrastructure project.
HARRISBURG —Yesterday, House Democrats pushed through House Bill 1330, which is their spending plan for the Commonwealth for Fiscal Year 2025-26. Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), issued the following statement in response:
WARREN — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) announced Warren, Forest and Crawford counties will receive a combined $123,000 in impact fees from the natural gas industry. In addition, the municipalities in the 65th Legislative District will receive an additional $30,000.
WHAT: Event to celebrate June as “Life Month” in Pennsylvania and to mark the third year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, on June 24, 2022, effectively ruling there is no federal constitutional right to an abortion. There will also be educational booths on life in the Main Capitol Rotunda from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, voted against a bill to increase government involvement in health care transactions.
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