3.0.0 2037 2020-02-10T17:00:02Z 2020-02-10T17:00:02Z Senate S S 2012-01-26 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-01-26T16:34:49Z 2012-01-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-01-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S133-134) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N Social Welfare Aging Cancer Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of Health and Human Services Digestive and metabolic diseases Disability and paralysis Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Family services Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations HIV/AIDS Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Inflation and prices Lawyers and legal services Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare National and community service Neurological disorders Public contracts and procurement Rural conditions and development Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination State and local government operations Social Welfare 00 2012-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2012-02-06T21:17:25Z Older Americans Act Amendments of 2012 - Revises the Older Americans Act of 1965 with respect to functions and duties of the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), particularly with respect to those with the greatest social need caused by specified noneconomic factors.

Reauthorizes the Act through FY2017.

Requires the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs to recommend to the Assistant Secretary for Aging resources (including including hardware and software) needed by state Long-Term Care Ombudsmen (LTCOs) to collect and report program data through the National Ombudsman Reporting System.

Directs the Assistant Secretary to award livable communities grants to eligible entities for the federal share of the cost of assisting communities in preparing for the aging of the population through specified activities.

Grants states the option to use certain grant funds to provide disease prevention and health promotion services directly, including clinical preventive services.

Directs the Assistant Secretary to award grants: (1) to a national organization to establish a National Resource Center on Livable Communities for All Ages; and (2) to carry out projects to support and promote modern multipurpose senior center models which yield multiservice, multigenerational centers for older individuals, their families, and others to gain needed skills, resources, and connections for continuum of care and quality of life.

Requires each grantee under the Older American community service employment program to place at least 50% of its project participants in positions with organizations that assist older adults or with duties that positively impact their lives.

Revises the prohibition against contracting by state LTCO programs with public agencies or nonprofit private organizations to carry out LTCO programs in any case in which there is an organizational conflict of interest unless such conflict has been identified, disclosed, and remedied by certain actions.

Requires a state agency to provide the services of a state legal services developer, who shall promote the development and operation of an integrated legal assistance delivery system.

]]> Older Americans Act Amendments of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Older Americans Act Amendments of 2012 Display Title Older Americans Act Amendments of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize and improve the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2037is/xml/BILLS-112s2037is.xml 2012-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.