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Small Business Development – Rep. Mike Cheokas
Special Rules – Rep. Dave Belton
State Planning & Community Affairs – Rep. Karen Mathiak
State Properties – Rep. Gerald Greene
Transportation – Rep. Rick Jasperse
Chairmen of the subcommittees of Appropriations are as follows:
Economic Development – Rep. Penny Houston
Education – Rep. Todd Jones
Health – Rep. Butch Parrish
Human Resources – Rep. Katie Dempsey
Public Safety – Rep. Bill Hitchens
Transportation & Infrastructure – Rep. Clay Pirkle
IN DEPTH: Health & Human Services Agency Presentations
Department of Human Services
Commissioner Robyn Crittenden kicked off the morning with an overview of the work of the Department of Human Services. Among the work under her Department’s oversight is providing protections and services to Georgia’s elderly. In the current proposal considered, there is the proposed combination of two program areas into one it would fold Elderly Supports and Elderly Living
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Caption Many elderly people are unable to travel by car to a facility where they can be vaccinated. Others might be able to go if a ride were available, but they live alone and have no family members to help them. Credit: Georgia Health News/Stock photo
For Georgia seniors, the COVID vaccine rollout has been rocky at best.
Yet an increasing number of people 65 and older living in the community and in long-term care facilities now are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations.
But what about the elderly who are homebound? Right now, Georgia public health officials are wrestling with that issue.