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Meeting to consider SB 210, SB 399 and SB 723

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Senate Aging and Youth Committee

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | 11 a.m.

Room 8E-A, East Wing

Agenda

HOUSE BILL 1058 (KRAJEWSKI): Amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to require courts to direct the county agency or the juvenile probation department to give notice of a hearing in a child custody case to those who wish to provide kinship care to the child. Those seeking to provide kinship care must meet the requirements necessary to serve as an emergency caregiver.

Public hearing on children’s advocacy centers and their work

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Senate Aging and Youth Committee

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 11 a.m.

Hearing Room 1, NOB

Agenda

Opening Remarks:

Committee Chair, Senator Judy Ward

Democratic Committee Chair, Senator Maria Collett

Panel 1 – Overview of the role of Children’s Advocacy Centers

-Video overview of Children Advocacy Centers and their work, introduced by Chris Kirchner, MSW (Executive Director of Children’s Advocacy Centers of Pennsylvania) – Supporting Document

-Chris Kirchner – Testimony

-Kirsten Kenyon (Director – Office of Research, Evaluation and Strategic Policy Development of Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency) – Testimony

Panel 2 – How Two Children’s Advocacy Centers are Working with Youth in Their Communities

-Richard Servello, M.P.S., (Program Director – Blair County Children’s Advocacy Center) – Testimony

-Jessica DiGennaro, Caregiver – Testimony

-Abbie Newman, R.N., J.D., (Chief Executive Officer – Executive and Global Affairs, Mission Kids Children’s Advocacy Center) – Testimony, Supporting Document

Panel 3 – How Children’s Advocacy Centers Assist Law Enforcement and Child Protection Officers

-Robin M. Boyer, MSW, (Director – Intake Services, Lancaster County Children and Youth Agency) – Testimony

-Sean McCormack (District Attorney, Cumberland County)

Closing Remarks:

Committee Chair, Senator Judy Ward

 

Meeting to consider HB 1300

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Senate Aging and Youth Committee

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 12:45 p.m.

Rules Committee Conference Room

Schedule

To consider HB 1300

Meeting to consider SB 607 and to consider the nomination of Jason Kavulich for the position of Secretary of Aging

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Senate Aging and Youth Committee

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.

Room 8E-B, East Wing

Schedule

  • To consider the nomination of Jason Kavulich for the position of Secretary of the Department of Aging.

  • SB 607 (WARD AND COLLETT): Revises Act 91 of 1971 (State Lottery Law) to extend the moratorium on the inclusion of the Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) when calculating eligibility for individuals enrolled in the PACE and PACENET programs.

AARP Support Letter

Joint Public Hearing Tuesday on Strengthening Guardianship Laws and Preventing Elder Abuse

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HARRISBURG – The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20), and the Senate Aging and Youth Committee, chaired by Sen. Judy Ward (R-30), are hosting a public hearing tomorrow, March 14, at 11 a.m., in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building in the Capitol Complex, Harrisburg, on strengthening guardianship laws and preventing elder abuse.

Remarks will be provided by:

  • The Honorable Lois Murphy, judge, Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Administrative Judge, Orphan’s Court Division,
  • Pam Walz, Elder Law Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association,
  • Sally L. Schoffstall, Esq., certified elder law attorney, Schoffstall Elder Law, Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys,
  • Connie Brode, executive director, Huntingdon-Bedford-Fulton Area Agency on Aging,
  • Teresa Osborne, state advocacy director, AARP Pennsylvania,
  • Jennifer Garman, Esq., director of government affairs, Disability Rights Pennsylvania and
  • Chelsea Robbins, deputy district attorney, Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office.

Livestream will be available at pasenategop.com/watch/. 

CONTACT:
Cara Laudenslager (Sen. Baker)
Nathan Akers (Sen. Ward)

Meeting to consider SB 137, SB 167 and SB 168

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Senate Aging and Youth Committee

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 | Off the Floor

Senate Rules Room

Agenda

To consider SB 137, SB 167 and SB 168

  • SB 167 (BAKER): Amends Act 21 of 1967, the Human Services Code, to make its mandates covering the provision of services for dependent and delinquent juveniles consistent with those of the Juvenile Act.
  • SB 168 (BAKER): Amends Act 21 of 1967, the Human Services Code, to add the cost of counsel to the list of costs for which the Department of Human Services is to reimburse counties in juvenile proceedings.
  • SB 137 (MASTRIANO): Amends Act 147 of 1996, the Telemarketer Registration Act, to require information sharing between the Office of Attorney General and Department of Aging.

            –Amendment A00162 – imposes a quarterly schedule for the sharing of the information between the Attorney General and Department of Aging and specifies that the information to be shared shall consist of investigations that have found a violation of the act and involved victims aged 60 and older.        

Meeting to consider HB 2425 and HB 2538

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Senate Aging and Youth Committee

Tuesday, October 18 | Off the Floor

Rules Committee Conference Room

AGENDA

  • HB 2425 (FLOOD): Creates the Robert Raph Act, which codifies regulations covering notification
    requirements for abuse allegations concerning residents of a long-term care facility that are made to either
    the Department of Health or Department of Human Services. It also ensures that the allegations are
    communicated to the Department of Aging.-Amendment A05706 (J. WARD): Makes technical changes to ensure that the disclosure of
    information covered by the bill does not violate any existing laws.
  • HB 2538 (LEWIS DELROSSO): Amends Act 91 of 1971, the State Lottery Law, to extend the
    expiration of the mandated minimum profit margin from June 20, 2024, to June 30, 2029.

AARP PA Letter of Support for HB2538

Meeting to consider HB 1155

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Senate Aging & Youth Committee

September 21, 2022 | 10:30 a.m.

Main Capitol, Room 461

Agenda

Meeting to consider HB 1155

Schedule

  • HB 1155 (JOZWIAK): Amends Act 21 of 1967, the Human Services Code, to remove municipally operated recreation programs that meet specified standards from the Code’s definition of “child care center.”

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Public Hearing on House Bill 1155

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Senate Aging and Youth Committee

Monday, September 12, 2022 | 1:30 p.m.

North Office Building, Hearing Room 1

Agenda

HB 1155 (JOZWIAK): Amends Act 21 of 1967, the Human Services Code, to remove municipally operated recreation programs that meet specified standards from the Code’s definition of “child care center.”

Schedule

Opening Remarks:

Committee Chair, Senator Judy Ward

Democratic Committee Chair, Senator Maria Collett

Speakers:

Representative Barry J. Jozwiak

Representative Pamela A. DeLissio

Shante A. Brown, Director, Bureau of Certification of OCDEL in Department of Human Services – Testimony

Kimberly Early, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Pennsylvania Association for Education of Young Children – Testimony

Tim Herd, Chief Executive Officer, Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society – Testimony

Amy Sturges, Deputy Executive Director – Advocacy, Pennsylvania Municipal League – Testimony