Senate Judiciary Committee
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.
North Office Building, Hearing Room #1
Panel 1:
Kenneth Certa, MD – Additional Material 1, Additional Material 2, Additional Material 3, Additional Material 4
Associate Professor of Psychiatry – Sidney Kimmel Medical College – Thomas Jefferson University
Government Relations Committee Co-Chair – Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society
Trustee – American Psychiatric Association
Dr. Rogers
Past President – Pennsylvania Psychological Association
Panel 2:
Christine Michaels
CEO – National Alliance on Mental Illness, Keystone Pennsylvania
Richard Edley, PhD – Combined Testimony
President and CEO – Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association
Jack Rozel, MD – Combined Testimony
Medical Director – Resolve Crisis Services – UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Panel 3:
Honorable Al Masland
Judge – Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas
Jon Shank
Forensic Case Manager – Holy Spirit Behavioral Health Center
Karen Rhinehart
Probation Officer – General Supervision – Cumberland County Adult Probation and Parole
Panel 4:
Lt. Col. Scott Price
Deputy Commissioner of Administration & Professional Responsibility – Pennsylvania State Police
Panel 5:
Mike Vereb
Director of Government Affairs – Office of the Attorney General
Brittney Kline
Director of Safe2Say Program – Office of the Attorney General
Panel 6:
Zoe Maher, MD – Additional Attachment 1, Additional Attachment 2, Additional Attachment 3
Assistant Professor of Surgery – Temple University Hospital
Co-Founder – Coalition of Trauma Centers for Firearm Injury Prevention
Raquel Forsythe, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery/Trauma Medical Director – UPMC Presbyterian
Executive Member – Coalition of Trauma Centers for Firearm Injury Prevention
Panel 7:
James Vollrath
Immediate Past President – Pennsylvania War Veterans Council
Panel 8:
Charles Gallo, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
John Lott, PhD
President – Crime Prevention Research Center
Additional Written Testimony
Disability Rights Pennsylvania
Deb Neifert, Deputy Director
Pennsylvania Association of County Administrators of Mental Health and Developmental Services
Kelsey Rogers, Senior Manager, State Policy
Brady United Against Gun Violence