Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Senator Edwin B. Erickson,  Chairman

9:00 am

Senator Edwin B. Erickson, Chairman
Welcoming Remarks

Senator Stewart Greenleaf, Prime Sponsor, Senate Bill 226
Opening Remarks
 

9:05 am

Estelle Richman, Secretary
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare

9:20 am

Panel presentation

• Jeanette Costello, family member
• Robert Gerard, family member
• Mary and John Gauker, family members
• Dorothy Tengler, family member

9:40 am

Joe Rogers
President for Policy and Advocacy
Mental Health Association of Southeast Pennsylvania

9:50 am

Debbie Plotnick, Family member

10:00 am

John Snook, Esq.
Treatment Advocacy Center, Washington, D.C.

• Attachment 1
• Attachment 2

10:10 am

Panel presentation

• Mary Kohut, PA Mental Health Consumers Association
• Anne Alter, Consumer

10:20 am

Carol Horowitz, Esq.
Disability Rights Network of PA

10:30 am

Tanya Feliz, Program Director
Supportive Case Management OutReach Team (SCOT)
Family Services Association, Langhorne, PA

10:40 am

G. Michael Green, Esq.
District Attorney, Delaware County

10:50 am

Amy Kroll
Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health

11:00 am

Montgomery County Emergency Service, Inc.

• William S. Leopold, ACWS, MBA, Chief Administrative Officer
• Paul DeMarco, RN, Chief Mental Health Delegate for Montgomery County
• Tony Salvatore, Director of Development

11:10 am

Jamie Buchenauer, Director of Government and Public Relations
National Association of Social Workers – PA Chapter

11:20 am

Kenneth Certa, M.D., Residency Director and Director of Acute Care Psychiatric Services
Thomas Jefferson University
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society

11:30 am

Senator Edwin B. Erickson, Chairman
Closing Remarks and Adjournment