3.0.0 263 2023-01-11T13:29:11Z 2023-01-11T13:29:11Z House HR 2015-01-09 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 4 (Friday, January 9, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LEE:H.R. 263.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article I of the United States Constitution and itssubsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpretedby the Supreme Court of the United States.[Page H189]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-01-16T17:50:09Z Referred to 2015-01-09T14:01:45Z 2015-01-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 N G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2015-01-27 False B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5] CORRINE BROWN D FL 5 2015-02-04 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2015-02-12 False L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 9 2015-03-23 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 19 2015-04-23 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2015-06-23 False Families Adult day care Disability and paralysis Health programs administration and funding Neurological disorders Veterans' medical care Families 00 2015-01-09 Introduced in House 2015-04-10T21:00:56Z Adult Day Center Enhancement Act

Requires the Administration on Aging to initiate a comprehensive survey of current adult day programs that provide care and support to individuals, including young adults, living with neurological diseases or conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or traumatic brain injury. Requires the Administration to identify ongoing successful adult day programs and which of these serve young adults with neurological diseases and conditions and develop best practices to help guide the establishment of additional successful adult day programs.

Directs the Administration to establish a competitive grant program to fund adult day programs serving younger people with neurological diseases or conditions.

Defines an "adult day program" as a program that provides comprehensive and effective care and support services to individuals living with neurological diseases or conditions and to their family caregivers and that may assist participants in ways that: (1) maintain or improve their functional abilities or otherwise help them adjust to their changing functional abilities; (2) prevent the onset of complications associated with severe forms of the disease or condition; (3) promote alternatives to placement in nursing homes; (4) reduce the strain on family caregivers taking care of a family member living with neurological diseases or conditions; (5) focus on supporting the emotional, social, and intellectual needs of a younger adult population; or (6) address the needs of veterans living with neurological diseases or conditions.

]]> Adult Day Center Enhancement Act Display Title Adult Day Center Enhancement Act Official Title as Introduced To expand and enhance existing adult day programs for younger people with neurological diseases or conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, or other similar diseases or conditions) to support and improve access to respite services for family caregivers who are taking care of such people, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Adult Day Center Enhancement Act Introduced in House 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr263ih/xml/BILLS-114hr263ih.xml 2015-01-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.