JOINT HEARING
Senate Aging & Youth Committee, Senate Health & Human Services Committee
House Aging & Older Adult Services Committee, AND House Human Services Committee
Monday, August 23, 2021 | 12:30 p.m.
North Office Building, Hearing Room #1
To discuss the Department of Human Services’ intent to contract with Maximus as its independent enrollment broker (IEB) and the impact this will have on seniors and adults with disabilities
AGENDA
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks
Senator Michele Brooks, Majority Chair, Health and Human Services
Senator Art Haywood, Minority Chair, Health and Human Services
Senator Judy Ward, Majority Chair, Aging and Youth
Senator Maria Collett, Minority Chair, Aging and Youth
Representative Gary Day, Majority Chair, Aging and Older Adult Services
Representative Steve Samuelson, Minority Chair, Aging and Older Adult Services
Representative Frank Farry, Majority Chair, Human Services
Representative Angel Cruz, Minority Chair, Human Services
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Panel 1 – Serving Adults with Disabilities
Brenda Dare, Voices For Independence/TRPIL (Washington County)
Tammy Schwab, Caregiver and Mother of Teneille (Mercer County)
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Panel 2 – Serving Older Adults
Krista Geer, Active Aging Inc. (Crawford County)
Steve Williamson, Blair Senior Services Inc. (Blair County)
JR Reed, Lehigh County Office of Aging and Adult Services (Lehigh County)
Najja Orr, Philadelphia Corporation on Aging (Philadelphia County)
Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Bucks County Commissioner (Bucks County)
2:30 p.m. Adjournment
Written Testimony
County Commissioners Association of PA – Testimony
JR Reed, Lehigh County Office of Aging and Adult Services – Testimony
Montgomery County Office of Senior Services – Testimony
SEIU Local 668 – Testimony