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Health and Human Services Committee, 2007-2008

 Collection
Identifier: ST2007_12

Scope and Contents

The 2007-2008 Health and Human Services Committee was chaired by Democrat Frank Oliver. He was joined in leading the committee with fellow democrats, Eddie Day Pashinski, Chair of Subcommittee on Drugs and Alcohol; Jake Wheatley, Chair of the Subcommittee on Health; John Myers, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Services; and Tim Seip, Secretary. The Republic counterparts were George T. Kenney, Minority Chairman; Curt Sonney, Minority Chair of the Subcommittee on Drugs and Alcohol; Douglas G. Reichley, Minority Chair of the Subcommittee on Health; and Kerry Benninghoff, Minority Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Services.

Some of the specific topics on which the 2007-2008 Committee focused are: Access Plus Program, Proposed Pharmacy Carve Out, Impace of Gun Violence in Philadelphia, Personal Care Homes, Emergency Services to Victims of Sexual Assault, Emergency Contraception, Smoking Ban Legislation, Lyme Disease, Pharmacy Audit Procedures, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Programs, Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Statewide Comprehensive Health Care Systems, Diabetes, Nutritional Sports Suplement Drinks, and Involuntary Commitment of Drug Dependent Persons.

The Committee did not provide a complete Committee Record and the Subcommittee on Human Relations did not provide any records.

Dates

  • 2007-2008

Creator

Extent

2.00 Cubic Feet

1.00 Cubic Feet

1.00 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

This collection is arranged in 10 series: 1. Committee Record; 2. Meetings, Tours and Public Hearings; 3. House Bills; 4. Senate Bills; 5. House Resolutions; 6. Senate Resolution; 7. House Blue Backs; 8. Senate Green Backs; 8. House Resolutions that Died in Committee; 9. Subcommittee on Drugs and Alcohol; and 10. Subcommittee on Health

Existence and Location of Originals

multi-part note content

Related Materials

Transcripts and testimony from select public hearings.

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/TR/Public/tr_finder_public.cfm

Title
Health and Human Services Committee, 2007-2008
Author
HJM
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Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives Repository

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