Subject files, 1987-1991.

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Subject files, 1987-1991.

The Joint Committee on Human Services and Elderly Affairs, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning public welfare, children, the elderly, the handicapped, mental health, drug rehabilitation and control, veterans benefits, alcoholism, the correction system (including administration, prisoners' rights, furloughs, work release, probation, rehabilitation, and parole), other social service programs, and other matters referred. It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation. Subject files are compiled during the process of drafting and reviewing legislation.

5.7 cubic ft. (4 record center cartons and 2 doc. boxes)

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The Joint Committee on Social Welfare was first constituted as a standing committee of the General Court as of 1968, and was renamed Joint Committee on Human Services and Elderly Affairs, effective 1975. From the description of Committee files, 1971-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123364 The Joint Committee on Social Welfare was first constituted as a standing committee of the General Court as of 1968 (Senate Journal, Jan 24/Feb 2, l967; House Journal, Ja...