HARRISBURG — One of Pennsylvania's largest state government agencies may soon be getting a name change.

The state Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to change the name of the Department of Public Welfare to the Department of Human Services.

Supporters say a new name would better reflect what the agency does and remove a stigma sometimes associated with public assistance and welfare.

Public Welfare Secretary Bev Mackereth said last year the change would cost millions and wasn't affordable, but the latest estimate from her department is it would cost about $1 million.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania state Senate is unlikely to act on medical marijuana legislation before the fall, to the disappointment of about two dozen mothers, grandmothers, nurses and small children who went to the Capitol to press for its passage.Dana Ulrich of Lancaster County said Tuesday she couldn't understand why senators won't act sooner when lives are at stake.Ulrich's 6-year-old daughter Lorelei suffers from severe seizures and she and other advocates believe marijuana oil extracts can save the lives of their seizure-wracked children while helping treat other ailments.The bill is in the Appropriations Committee and Chairman Jake Corman says his staff didn't have time to analyze it before senators take their traditional summer break.It lacks support from Gov. Tom Corbett and House Republican majority leaders.