SB1218: Aging, Commonwealth Council on; membership and staff support.

Legislative Summary

Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; Commonwealth Council on Aging; membership and staff support. Reduces from 24 to 18 the number of members to be appointed to the Commonwealth Council on Aging by (i) replacing the requirement that the membership include one member from each of the 11 congressional districts of the Commonwealth with the requirement that the membership include one member from each of the eight regions of the Commonwealth identified by the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service in its Virginia Regional Map (2017); (ii) adding the Executive Director of the Virginia Center on Aging; and (iii) reducing from four to two the number of members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules, respectively. The bill requires the Commissioner of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to appoint an executive director to serve as secretary to the Council.