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Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Preparing for the aging of the population. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall create a stakeholders’ group to review and encourage planning activities by Maine communities and promote planning that includes components addressing the elder population. The group must include a representative of the Office of Elder Services’ Area Agencies on Aging; the University of Maine Center on Aging; the Maine Municipal Association; the Executive Department, State Planning Office; and the Public Health Work Group and may include other interested parties; and be it further’
 
SUMMARY
The amendment changes the resolve to clarify that the Commissioner of Health and Human Services should encourage and promote community planning that includes components addressing the elder population, corrects the name of the Office of Elder Services’ Area Agencies on Aging and allows the commissioner to include other interested parties in the group created by this legislation.
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