PA AAP's 2024 Annual State Advocacy Day
PA AAP members rallied at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg on Monday, May 6th, 2024 to advocate for some of our Chapter's top policy priorities, including paid family and medical leave, mandated insurance coverage of telemedicine services, and a ban on non-compete contracts. Read more about the legislation below!
If you are a PA AAP member, you can use our Advocacy Action Center to email your legislators and let them know that you support the following bills:
If you are a PA AAP member, you can use our Advocacy Action Center to email your legislators and let them know that you support the following bills:
- Institute a statewide Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
- HB 181 and SB 580 would create a state-run Paid Family and Medical Leave Program in Pennsylvania. This desperately needed legislation would give countless parents the opportunity to take time off from work in order to care for their newborns and children with special healthcare needs that they otherwise would not be able to afford
- Ban non-compete clauses from most physician employment contracts
- PA AAP supports passage of legislation banning non-compete clauses in health care provider contracts. Two bills, HB 1633 and SB 521, would limit the practice of employer-required non-compete agreements, or restrictive covenants, that bar physicians from taking jobs with other healthcare employers in the same geographic region for a certain amount of time. Under the bills, any non-compete agreement entered into after the bill becomes law will be void and unenforceable. An agreement entered prior to the enactment date would be considered void when the practitioner's license is renewed, registered, or certified. The bill would allow employers to recover "reasonable expenses" from employees who leave their employer within three years, including employer expenses related to relocation, training, and establishment of a patient base.
- Require insurance companies to cover telemedicine services
- Pennsylvania is one of only a few states that does not require health insurers to provide coverage for telemedicine services, which prevents many Pennsylvanians from being able to access timely, quality medical care when needed. PA AAP is urging the legislature to ensure that a bill is passed during this legislative session to require insurers to reimburse in-network providers for telemedicine services.