3.0.0 2620 2023-01-13T04:48:36Z 2023-01-13T04:48:36Z Senate S S 2006-04-07 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-04-07T18:56:18Z 2006-04-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3391-3394) IntroReferral 2006-04-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3390-3391) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N Health Adult day care Agriculture and Food Caregivers Community health services Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Health planning Home care services Income tax Indian medical care Long-term care Medicaid Medical statistics Medical supplies Medically uninsured Medicare Mental health services Minorities Nutrition Quality of care Respite care Retirement communities Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Tax exclusion Taxation Telemedicine Welfare eligibility Health 00 2006-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-29T19:49:33Z Community-Based Choices for Older Americans Act of 2006 - Requires the Assistant Secretary for Aging to provide allotments to enable states whose plans are approved to execute a program that pays for the federal share of costs of covered long-term care service and supplies for individuals who: (1) are 60 years or older; (2) are not eligible for Medicaid assistance; (3) meet state income eligibility and total asset criteria; (4) are unable to perform a certain number of daily living activities (such as eating, bathing, and dressing) without substantial assistance, have a certain level of disability, or require substantial supervision due to cognitive or mental impairment; and (5) satisfy other state eligibility criteria.

Bases state allotments on the number of individuals age 60 or older whose income does not exceed the poverty line residing in a state relative to the total number residing in all states. Stipulates that allotments are to supplement and not to supplant other federal or state payments for long-term care services.

Sets forth: (1) program plan requirements, including descriptions of eligibility criteria, services and supplies to be provided, and methodologies for individual cost-sharing, coordinating with other assistance programs, coordinating service, and outreach; and (2) responsibilities of state service coordinators, including assisting with the development and coordination of individual care plans.

Requires states to establish annual assistance amounts for each enrolled individual and to make payments to individuals in accordance with their care plans. Limits the annual assistance amount per individual.

]]> Community-Based Choices for Older Americans Act of 2006 Display Title Community-Based Choices for Older Americans Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Assistant Secretary for Aging to provide older individuals with financial assistance to select a flexible range of home and community-based long-term care services or supplies, provided in a manner that respects the individuals' choices and preferences. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community-Based Choices for Older Americans Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2620is/xml/BILLS-109s2620is.xml 2006-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3391-3394) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.