David Gates

David Gates has been representing families and adult consumers regarding issues involving Medical Assistance and other forms of health insurance since 1976.  He worked for the Bucks County Welfare Rights Organization, Bucks County Legal Aid, State Sen. Roxanne Jones, and the National Health Law Program in Washington DC.  Since 1991, Mr. Gates has worked for the Pennsylvania Health Law Project representing persons with disabilities and their families under a grant from the PA Developmental Disabilities Council. 

Mr. Gates is currently the Policy Director for the PA Health Law Project. He won the Rose Rosa Advocacy Award from the Montgomery Co. ARC in 1996 and the Striving for Excellence Award from PA Legal Services in 1999 and 2009. Also in 1999, he received the Advocacy Award from the Philadelphia Alliance of Mental Health & Mental Retardation Providers and the Advocacy Award from the PA Initiative on Assistive Technology.  He was appointed to DPW’s Home & Community Based Services Stakeholder Planning Team, the Bureau of Autism Services’ Advisory Board and the Long Term Living Housing Advisory Committee of the PA Housing Finance Agency.  He is a member of the Boards of Autism Living & Working and the PA Assistive Technology Foundation.  Mr. Gates has worked closely with the PA Assistive Technology Foundation on expanding funding for assistive technology prior to being elected to the Board.