Bill Text: GA SR979 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Senate Aging Study Committee; create
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-29 - Senate Passed/Adopted [SR979 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR979-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 979
By:
Senator Unterman of the 45th
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the Senate Aging Study Committee; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the older adult population is growing at such a pace that one in four people in
Georgia will be over the age of 55 by the year 2030; and
WHEREAS,
the Georgia General Assembly recognized this demographic shift through
legislation which charged the Georgia Council on Aging with completing the
Project 2020 Georgia For a Lifetime Study by December, 2010; and
WHEREAS,
the Division of Aging Services, through a unique privatized model of management,
provides aging services and programs for older Georgians and their caregivers;
and
WHEREAS,
emphasizing focus on Georgia's burgeoning aging population may help capitalize
on opportunities at state and federal levels so that older Georgians and their
caregivers can be served more effectively and efficiently, allowing then to live
independently longer; and
WHEREAS,
it would be beneficial to examine whether the Division of Aging Services'
current mission statement of live longer, live healthier, and live well is being
appropriately met and to examine the uses of current funding for programs and
services for older adults in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
it would be beneficial to identify whether the state is planning appropriately
to meet the growing needs of this older adult population and to address other
related issues to determine whether any of these issues warrant being addressed
through legislation.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that there is created the Senate Aging
Study Committee to be composed of five members of the Senate appointed by the
President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall designate one of the
appointees to serve as chairperson of the committee. The chairperson shall call
all meetings of the committee.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the
conditions, needs, issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and
recommend any actions or legislation which the committee deems necessary or
appropriate. The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such
times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and
effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and
purposes of this resolution. The members of the committee shall receive the
allowances authorized for legislative members of interim legislative committees
but shall receive the same for not more than three days unless an additional two
days are authorized by the President of the Senate. The funds necessary to
carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from the funds
appropriated to the Senate. In the event that the committee makes a report of
its findings and recommendations for proposed legislation, such report shall be
made no later than December 31, 2012. The committee shall stand abolished on
December 31, 2012.
