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The South Carolina General Assembly's Study Committee on Aging, later named the Committee to Conduct Continuing Studies of Public and Private Services Programs and Facilities for the Aging and then named the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging, operated from 1959-1963 and 1969-2003 to study the needs and problems relating to older citizens in South Carolina and provide recommendations for legislation to improve the lives of senior citizens.
The Department of Health and Human Services held the Office on Aging from 1997-2004 and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor became the State Unit on Aging through their Office on Aging in 2005.