Veterans Home Advisory Board Proposed

(The Center Square) – A push to reform the oversight of Pennsylvania’s half-dozen homes for veterans would create an advisory board to improve care and watch over the dwellings.

Senate Bill 933 would give a 15-member Veterans Home Advisory Board the responsibility to provide input on quality of care concerns for the more than 1,300 Pennsylvania veterans living in the six homes across the state.

“Our veterans homes should be a place where residents will receive the care and support necessary to live a safe, active, and healthy life,” Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Chambersburg, wrote in a legislative memo. “We must remain diligent in our efforts to ensure that our veterans are treated with the dignity, honor, and respect they deserve while providing the necessary support and oversight needed to help the staff who care for our veterans.” (Excerpt from The Center Square.)