After the state Department of Health indicated they are continuing to “think” about testing more patients in long-term care communities and distributing additional personal protective equipment, Republican Senators called on Health Secretary Rachel Levine to take immediate action to slow the COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities. [Read More]
Members of the Senate Local Government Committee and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee will take a closer look at Governor Wolf’s approach to reopening Pennsylvania during a joint hearing on Monday, May 4, beginning at 10 a.m. [Read More]
JOINT HEARING | Senate Local Government Committee AND Senate Health & Human Services Committee | May 4, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. | Senate Chamber and Remote Participation | [Read More]
Senator Scott Martin (R-13) is continuing his bipartisan push for Pennsylvania to join 48 other States, including all of its neighboring ones, in allowing remote real estate sales and services during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More]
Lancaster County Senators Scott Martin (R-13) and Ryan P. Aument (R-36) today voiced their support for additional funding to help nursing homes deal with the significant new challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and urged the Wolf Administration to do everything in its power to expediently grant regulatory waivers to assist these facilities hit hardest by this crisis. [Read More]
The Senate gave near unanimous final approval today to a measure sponsored by Senator Scott Martin (R-13) that would remove an antiquated ballot requirement that increases costs to local taxpayers. [Read More]
In order to protect Pennsylvania’s food supply chain, Senators Scott Martin (R-13), Ryan P. Aument (R-36), Elder Vogel (R-47) and Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-28) will introduce a bill to allow garden centers to reopen if they can adhere to social distancing and mitigation measures established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). [Read More]
