b'UPCOMING PEP-PAC UpdateEVENTS By Michael Boyd, MD, FACEPJanuary 2026 confident that it will be taken up in the PACEP Legislative Coffee Talk Senate and passed into law. Virtual HB 156, Carbon Monoxide Detectors 1/181/23/2026 in Child Care Facilities, mandates that ACEP Accelerate carbon monoxide detectors be installed San Diego, CA in all child-care facilities.PACEP led 1/21/2026 advocacy initiatives for this bill in PACEP Board of Directors response to a carbon monoxide leak at Virtual a daycare in Allentown which resulted in 28 children suffering CO poisoning. 3/18/2026 Several of our members treated these PACEP Board of Directors patients in the Lehigh Valley and in Harrisburg Michael Boyd, MD, FACEP Philadelphia. HB 156 passed the House in 4/264/28/2026 PEP-PAC Chair the Spring of 2025, and we lobbied for it ACEP Leadership & Advocacyto be taken up and passed in the Senate. Conference (LAC) The Pennsylvania EmergencyPACEP and PEP-PAC also remain acutely Washington, DC Physicians Political Actionfocused on proposed legislation and 4/29/2026 Committee (PEP-PAC) is the politicalregulation pertaining to scope of practice PACEP Board of Directors voice of PACEP.Weve had a greatfor Nurse Practitioners.We educated Kalahari Resorts, Pocono Manor year and were proud of the progresslegislators that Emergency Departments of several legislative goals in 2025.should be staffed by on-site board-4/305/2/2026 certified or board-eligible Emergency PACEP26 Scientific Assembly On October 28, 2025, PEP-PAC andPhysicians. Nurse Practitioners and Kalahari Resorts, Pocono Manor PACEP engaged in a Day on the Hill,Physician Assistants do not undergo 9/16/2026 where PACEP members from across thethe same comprehensive education Central PA Residents Day Commonwealth met with numerousor training as Emergency Physicians.Tower Health Reading senators, representatives, andPhysicians must be at the head of every 9/16/2026 Department of Health Staff, includingEmergency Department treatment PACEP Board of Directors Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen.team in order to maintain the highest Tower Health Reading We were warmly received and ablestandards of patient safety. to provide first-hand knowledge andAt its core, lobbying is a means of 10/310/4/2026 education about the health-care relatededucating legislators about issues affecting ACEP Council issues affecting us on a daily basis. Chicago, IL us. These issues have a real, tangible We also were able to celebrate legislativeimpact on our profession and patients.10/510/8/2026 wins in Harrisburg. HB 446, Take Home ACEP26 Scientific Assembly Medications for Patients, unanimouslyPEP-PAC needs your contributions so that Chicago, IL passed the House in October 2025 justour voices can be heard. Our Day on the before our hill day. HB 446 ensuresHill provided valuable facetime with key that patients may be discharged withplayers making healthcare laws that impact Check out PACEPs new unused portions of certain facilityus on a daily basis. It would not have been online calendar of events forprovided medications and waivespossible without PEP-PAC resources. We are all the committee meetingpharmacy counseling requirementsthe experts uniquely positioned to present dates and connection details. when the prescribing physician providesreal solutions. Remember: you either have direct education to the patient. We area seat at the dinner table or you are on the dinner plate.20 PACEP News | Fall 2025'