SD23 - Report of the Joint Subcommittee on Aging of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

  • Published: 1980
  • Author: Joint Subcommittee on Aging
  • Enabling Authority: Senate Joint Resolution 81 (Regular Session, 1978)

Executive Summary:

HISTORY OF THE JOINT SUBCOMMITIEE

In its report to the Governor and the 1978 Session of the General Assembly, the Commission on the Needs of Elderly Virginians recommended that a legislative subcommittee be appointed to receive and review all legislation and reports affecting the elderly. Senate Joint Resolution No. 81, agreed to by the 1978 Session of the General Assembly, established the Joint Subcommittee on Aging whose members were appointed from the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions.

Senator Edward M. Holland of Arlington was selected as chairman of the Joint Subcommittee. Serving with Senator Holland were: Delegate Mary A. Marshall of Arlington, Vice-Chairman; Delegate David G. Brickley of Woodbridge; Senator James T. Edmunds of Kenbridge; Delegate J. Samuel Glasscock of Suffolk; Delegate Evelyn M. Hailey of Norfolk; Senator Omer L Hirst of Annandale; Senator Willard J. Moody of Portsmouth; Delegate William P. Robinson. Sr., of Norfolk; Delegate Robert C. Scott of Newport News; and Delegate W. Ward Teel of Christiansburg.

RECOMMENDATIONS

During 1978 and 1979, the Joint Subcommittee carried out its responsibility for legislative oversight of issues concerning elderly Virginians by working with the Virginia Office on Aging and receiving testimony from public and private organizations and concerned citizens.

Specific legislative actions were recommended to the Joint Subcommittee for consideration in the 1980 Session of the General Assembly. Representatives of State agencies, citizens' organizations and the medical profession addressed the Joint Subcommittee voicing concerns about the needs of elderly persons in the Commonwealth. The individuals and representatives of organizations appearing before the Joint Subcommittee to seek endorsement of legislative proposals included representatives of: the Virginia Office on Aging; American Association of Retired Persons and National Retired Teachers Association; Virginia Coalition for the Aging; Virginia Center on Aging; Medical College of Virginia; University of Virginia; Virginia State Legal Aid Society; and Friends and Relatives of Nursing Home Residents.