Legislative instruments and other matter referred to this committee shall encompass the following subject matter:

• Alcoholic rehabilitation
• Child care facilities
• Elderly affairs
• Handicapped children's facilities
• Health and Welfare generally
• Health offices and their administration
• Hospitals, public or private
• Mental health, including institutions and facilities
• Mentally retarded institutions and services
• Nurses' training programs
• Nursing homes
• Public welfare, including private and local institutions
• Public welfare research, training and rehabilitation
• Veterans affairs
• Vocational rehabilitation