This collection contains the records of the Health and Welfare Committee for the 1979-1980 session, Republicans in majority. Chair Joseph V. Zord Jr. (R) serving with Subcommittee chairman on Health William K. Klingaman Sr. (R),� Subcommittee chairman on Welfare Vern Pyles (R) and Subcommittee Chairman on Youth and Aging Marvin E. Miller Jr. (R). The Secretary was John E. Peterson (R). The committee met over major topics including the certification of health care providers, cancer research, childcare, abortion, welfare services, and smoking and drinking in public areas. It held public hearings in Harrisburg about cancer research, in Pittsburgh covering topics including adoptions, welfare, discrimination, and controlled drug substances and in Kingston and Waynesboro, relating to welfare.