Health and Welfare Committee
Committee Jurisdiction
To this committee shall be referred, in accordance with the rules, all legislative instruments, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to the following subjects: Institutions, health and welfare generally; Hospitals, public or private; Health offices and their administration; Institutions and services for persons with intellectual disabilities; Mental health institutions and facilities; Geriatric hospitals; Nursing homes; Vocational rehabilitation including vocational rehabilitation homes; Alcoholic rehabilitation; Health and Human Resources Administration; Tuberculosis sanatoriums; Nurse's training programs; Public welfare; Old age assistance; Private and local institutions of public welfare; Research training and rehabilitation in the field of public welfare; Regulation, licensing, or certification of health-related occupations and professions.