PRINTER'S NO. 1884
No. 1544 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, COLAIZZO, BELARDI, THOMAS, GEORGE, STABACK,
C. WILLIAMS, SATHER, ROBERTS, COLAFELLA, JAMES, YOUNGBLOOD
AND E. Z. TAYLOR, JUNE 3, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, JUNE 3, 1997
AN ACT
1 Requiring certain boards, commissions and departments to have
2 senior citizen representatives.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Senior
7 Citizen Representation Act.
8 Section 2. Senior citizen representatives.
9 The following boards, commissions and departments shall have
10 representation from at least one senior citizen, 60 years of age
11 or older:
12 The State Board of Medicine.
13 The State Board of Nursing.
14 The State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators.
15 The State Board of Optometry.
16 The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
17 The State Board of Pharmacy.
1 The State Board of Podiatry.
2 The State Board of Psychology.
3 The State Board of Physical Therapy.
4 The State Board of Dentistry.
5 The State Veterans' Commission.
6 The Department of Aging.
7 The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
8 Section 3. Appointments; vacancies.
9 Each board, commission or department listed in this act shall
10 act to fill a vacant seat with a senior citizen representative.
11 Members serving on a board, commission or department shall
12 continue to serve until the expiration of their terms. If there
13 are no regular or public members who are 60 years of age or
14 older on the effective date of this act, the next member
15 appointed must be 60 years of age or older.
16 Section 4. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect immediately.
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