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Committee hears H414 to create Vermont Commission on Aging to implement Age Strong Vermont plan
Summary
H414 would establish a Vermont Commission on Aging to coordinate and oversee implementation of the Age Strong Vermont plan; lawmakers discussed membership, oversight, and whether the commission should be independent of state employment to serve an advocacy role after the dissolution of COVE.
The House Committee on Human Services heard H414, a short-form bill to create a Vermont Commission on Aging that would implement and oversee the Age Strong Vermont plan, a statewide strategic effort to address issues affecting older Vermonters.
The sponsor said the commission would provide a high-level, cross-agency view of aging issues—including transportation, kinship caregiving and other services—so state agencies and community partners are not working in isolation. "We created…
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