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2023 SESSION

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SB 1218 Aging, Commonwealth Council on; membership and staff support.

Introduced by: T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; Commonwealth Council on Aging; membership and staff support. Reduces from 24 to 18 the number of members to be appointed to the Commonwealth Council on Aging by (i) replacing the requirement that the membership include one member from each of the 11 congressional districts of the Commonwealth with the requirement that the membership include one member from each of the eight regions of the Commonwealth identified by the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service in its Virginia Regional Map (2017); (ii) adding the Executive Director of the Virginia Center on Aging; and (iii) reducing from four to two the number of members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules, respectively. The bill requires the Commissioner of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to appoint an executive director to serve as secretary to the Council.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; Commonwealth Council on Aging; membership and staff support. Reduces from 24 to 16 the number of members to be appointed to the Commonwealth Council on Aging by (i) replacing the requirement that the membership include one member from each of the 11 congressional districts of the Commonwealth with the requirement that the membership include one member from each of the eight regions of the Commonwealth identified by the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service in its Virginia Regional Map (2017); (ii) adding the Executive Director of the Virginia Center on Aging and removing the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources as ex officio members; and (iii) reducing from four to two the number of members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules, respectively. The bill authorizes the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to employ a person to facilitate the duties of the Council.