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Study Committee Assignments

06/20/2021

Study Committee Assignments

The Indiana General Assembly is a part-time citizen legislature, meaning we typically only meet for a few months at the beginning of each year.

Over the summer and fall months, lawmakers serve on study committees. These committees study key issues facing Indiana that were identified during the prior legislative session.

Each committee discusses topics assigned by the bipartisan Legislative Council, which is comprised of 16 voting members â€“ eight from the Senate and eight from the House of Representatives.My assignments include the following:

Interim Study Committee on Public Health, Behavioral Health, and Human Services;
Interim Study Committee on Government;
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, chair;
All Payer Claims Data Base Advisory Board;
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission;
Nonemergency Medical Transportation Commission;
Indiana Commission for Women;
Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Interagency Coordinating Council; and
The Commission on the Social Status of Black Males.

Study committees provide lawmakers with a valuable opportunity to take an in-depth look at the issues facing our state. I look forward to working with my fellow lawmakers on ways we can improve our health care system and much more.

To view study committee agendas and stream hearings online, visit iga.in.gov.

To view a list of topics that will be examined by the committees, click here.

Women’s Equality Centennial Celebration Tickets now Available

Individual tickets for the18th annualÂ Womenâ€™s Equality Luncheon commemorating the Women’s Suffrage Centennial are now available.

The 2020 luncheon was postponed due to COVID-19 and astronaut, engineer, author and STEM proponentÂ Dr. Mae C. JemisonÂ will speak at this yearâ€™s event from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 at Old National Events Plaza.

Seating is limited and no tickets will be available the day of the event.Â Individual tickets are available for $60 each and special $100 individual seat tickets or Centennial Patrons who will be recognized in the program. The luncheon will follow social distancing guidelines. Table sponsorships are also available.

Womenâ€™s Equality Day, August 26 annually, celebrates the 19th Amendment of women earning the right to vote. In November of 1920, Evansville and other Hoosier women joined others in the nation at the polls to celebrate their right to vote.

Please join in commemorating the Womenâ€™s Suffrage Centennial at the AnnualÂ Womenâ€™s Equality luncheon, a collaboration of Stepping Up and Evansville YWCA.
Further information and tickets can be found atÂ http://steppingupevv.com/wedÂ andÂ http://steppingupevv.com/tickets.

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Unfortunately, more than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. This year during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Association is celebrating volunteers and individuals living with dementia. They are also encouraging all Americans to make brain health an important part of their return to normal from the COVID-19 pandemic.For more information on how you can support those with Alzheimer’s, click here.

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