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As Chairman of the Senate Aging & Youth Committee, Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry) held a voting meeting to consider bills that will re-establish adoption subsidies for foster youth as well as proposals to further assist Pennsylvania seniors with the cost of prescription medications. [Read More]

The Senate Aging and Youth Committee, chaired by Senator John DiSanto (Dauphin/Perry), will hold a joint public hearing next week with the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee on the county based system for monitoring elder abuse in Pennsylvania. [Read More]

The Senate will hold the second in a series of public hearings looking into the Wolf Administration’s proposal to consolidate the departments of Human Services, Health, Aging, and Drug and Alcohol Programs. [Read More]

The Senate Aging & Youth Committee approved three bills Tuesday (November 17), according to committee Chair Senator Michele Brooks (R-50). [Read More]

The Senate Aging & Youth Committee yesterday recommended Senate confirmation of the nomination of Teresa Osborne to serve as state Secretary of Aging, according to Committee Chair Senator Michele Brooks (R-50). [Read More]

The Senate Aging & Youth Committee will consider the nomination of Acting Secretary of Aging Teresa Osborne at its meeting set for 11:15 a.m., Tuesday, May 12, in Room 461 of the State Capitol, Harrisburg, according to committee Chair Senator Michele Brooks (R-50). [Read More]

This week, the Senate passed two measures that came out of the Senate Aging and Youth Committee, chaired by Senator Randy Vulakovich (R-Allegheny/Butler): [Read More]

Plans to address the projected growth in the state’s senior citizen population were part of a joint public hearing of the Senate Aging & Youth and House Aging & Older Adult Services Committees at the University of Pittsburgh, according to Senator Randy Vulakovich, Chairman of the Senate Aging & Youth Committee.Listen [Read More]

The Senate Aging & Youth and the House Aging & Older Adult Services Committees will hold a joint public hearing on aging-related issues on Thursday, August 28th, in Pittsburgh, according to Senator Randy Vulakovich, Chairman of the Senate Aging and Youth Committee. [Read More]

Senator Randy Vulakovich, chairman of the Senate Aging & Youth Committee, today announced that his committee will hold a joint public hearing with the House Aging & Older Adult Services on Tuesday, June 24, to gather testimony on the Pennsylvania State Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease and related disorders. [Read More]