Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1833

This problem is particularly acute in those communities in which
there is a large senior citizen population.

The State has an obligation to its senior citizens to provide them
with as many services and comforts as are reasonably possible and
practicable.

State support or assistance could relieve some of the burden from
the hospitals and prove a valuable aid to the plight of the chronically
ill aged in our State; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene be requested to investigate ways by
which the State of Maryland can assist the hospitals of the State
to provide more beds for the care of chronically ill aged patients;
and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, and to the Chairman and Executive
Director of the State Coordinating Commission on Problems of the
Aging.

Approved May 6, 1971.

No. 29
(House Joint Resolution 16)

House Joint Resolution requesting the Governor of Maryland to
abolish the Governor's Interdepartmental Council and Advisory
Committee on the Handicapped and to appoint a Governor's Com-
mission to Study the Needs of the Handicapped.

Whereas, The Governor of Maryland appointed the Governor's
Interdepartmental Council and Advisory Committee on the Handi-
capped pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 25, Acts of 1968, for
the purpose of coordinating all the necessary programs and services
for the handicapped citizens in various departments and agencies of
the State government; and

Whereas, the functions of the Governor's Interdepartmental
Council and Advisory Committee on the Handicapped could be better
carried out by a group of individuals who are free from bureaucratic
entanglements; and

Whereas, there is a demonstrated need for a review and re-exami-
nation of the special programs and requirements of handicapped
citizens; and

Whereas, new techniques, programs, designs, and operational
structures in special programs for the handicapped have been devel-
oped as a result of research and demonstration, and this new
knowledge should be applied to existing rules and regulations, stand-
ards, and current provisions for State and federal assistance; now,
therefore, be it