SENATE, No. 82

By Mr. Havern, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 82) of Robert A. Havern for legislation tp provide for an investigation and study by a special commission to study the needs of the elderly blind and visually impaired citizens of the Commonwealth. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT providing for an investigation and study by a special commission to study the needs of the elderly blind and visually impaired citizens of the Commonwealth

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. That a special commission, to consist of one member to be appointed by the Secretary of Elder Affairs, one member, who shall be a member of the vocational rehabilitation council, to be appointed by the commissioner of Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, one member to be appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, one member to be appointed by the Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, one member to be appointed by the Director of the Home Care Assistance Program of the Independent Living Division, one member be appointed by the Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, one member to be appointed by the League of Neighborhood Health Centers, one member to be appointed by the Massachusetts Nursing Home Association, and three members to be appointed by the Governor who shall be members of the general public; is hereby established for the purpose of making an investigation and study of the needs of the elderly blind and visually impaired citizens of the Commonwealth.

Said commission shall convene one month after this resolve is signed into law and shall file a report one year thereafter with the offices of the House Clerk, Senate Clerk, and Governor which shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations for improving programs and services offered by the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and local councils aging, transportation programs for elderly blind and visually impaired citizens, and dissemination of information regarding health care services and policies relative to elderly blind and visually impaired citizens.