NORTHWEST MISSOURI  

         AREA AGENCY ON AGING

211 South Polk Street,  PO Box 265,  Albany, MO 64402 

 Telephone Toll Free: 888-844-5626  ۩  Local: 660-726-3800  ۩  Fax: 660-726-4113  ۩  E-Mail: nwmoaaa@alltel.net

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 Silver Haired legislature

 

The Silver Haired Legislature is an elected body, made up of citizens who are 60 years of age or over, which promotes conscientious legislative advocacy for Missouri’s older adults.  

There are three Senators and twelve Representatives, elected from the 18-county area.  There are four Representatives and one Senator from each of the three Regional Areas--Northwest, ABCD and Green Hills regions.  

The elected Northwest Missouri Senators and Representatives meet in June of each year and go through the process of determining potential legislative bills that would benefit Northwest Missourians.  

Those selected bills are then combined with the other nine Missouri Area Agency on Aging bills that have been determined to be beneficial for their respective areas.  All 30 Senators and 120 Representatives from across the state meet for two days in the fall and conduct a model legislative session.  At that time, members actually sit in the Senate and House chambers, where they debate and vote on previously-selected legislation and resolutions.  

From the docket, five bills are chosen as priority pieces of legislation to be advocated for during the following legislative year, in the real Missouri General Assembly.

Silver Haired Delegates receive mileage reimbursement, per diem meal and lodging expense in conjunction with Silver Haired Legislature (SHL) functions.

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