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SB 500: Senior Advocates

GENERAL BILL by Garcia

Senior Advocates; Establishing the Senior Advocate Program in the Office of Public and Professional Guardians within the Department of Elderly Affairs; specifying persons and entities that senior advocates may collaborate with in order to resolve concerns regarding vulnerable seniors and improve their quality of life; authorizing the department secretary to appoint senior advocates to advocate for certain seniors, etc. APPROPRIATION: $673,200

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/11/2017 Senate • Filed
10/26/2017 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 40
1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 40
3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs