109 HR 6197 IH: Community Service Senior
U.S. House of Representatives
2006-09-27
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1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Older Americans Act Amendments
of 2006
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—General Provision
Sec. 101. Definitions.
TITLE II—Administration on Aging
Sec. 201. Elder abuse prevention and services.
Sec. 202. Functions of the Assistant Secretary.
Sec. 203. Federal agency consultation.
Sec. 204. Administration.
Sec. 205. Evaluation.
Sec. 206. Reports.
Sec. 207. Contracting and grant authority; private pay
relationships; appropriate use of funds.
Sec. 208. Nutrition education.
Sec. 209. Pension counseling and information
programs.
Sec. 210. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—Grants for State and community programs on
aging
Sec. 301. Purpose; administration.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations; uses of
funds.
Sec. 304. Allotments.
Sec. 305. Organization.
Sec. 306. Area plans.
Sec. 307. State plans.
Sec. 308. Payments.
Sec. 309. Nutrition services incentive program.
Sec. 310. Consumer contributions.
Sec. 311. Supportive services and senior centers.
Sec. 312. Nutrition service.
Sec. 313. Congregate nutrition program.
Sec. 314. Home delivered nutrition services.
Sec. 315. Criteria.
Sec. 316. Nutrition.
Sec. 317. Study of nutrition projects.
Sec. 318. Sense of Congress recognizing the contribution of
nutrition to the health of older adults.
Sec. 319. Improving indoor air quality in buildings where older
individuals congregate.
Sec. 320. Caregiver support program definitions.
Sec. 321. Caregiver support program.
Sec. 322. National innovation.
TITLE IV—Activities for health, independence, and
longevity
Sec. 401. Title.
Sec. 402. Grant programs.
Sec. 403. Career preparation for the field of
aging.
Sec. 404. Health care service demonstration projects in rural
areas.
Sec. 405. Technical assistance and innovation to improve
transportation for older individuals.
Sec. 406. Demonstration, support, and research projects for
multigenerational activities and civic engagement activities.
Sec. 407. Native American programs.
Sec. 408. Multidisciplinary centers and multidisciplinary
systems.
Sec. 409. Community innovations for aging in place.
Sec. 410. Responsibilities of Assistant Secretary.
TITLE V—Older american community service
employment program
Sec. 501. Community Service Senior
Opportunities Act.
Sec. 502. Effective date.
TITLE VI—Native Americans
Sec. 601. Clarification of maintenance
requirement.
Sec. 602. Native Americans caregiver
support program.
TITLE VII—Allotments for vulnerable elder
rights protection activities
Sec. 701. Vulnerable elder rights
protection activities.
Sec. 702. Elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation.
Sec. 703. Native American organization
provisions.
Sec. 704. Elder justice
programs.
Sec. 705. Rule of
construction.
TITLE VIII—Federal Youth Development
Council
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Establishment and
membership.
Sec. 803. Duties of the
Council.
Sec. 804. Coordination with existing
interagency coordination entities.
Sec. 805. Assistance of staff.
Sec. 806. Powers of the
Council.
Sec. 807. Report.
Sec. 808. Termination.
Sec. 809. Authorization of
appropriations.
TITLE IX—Conforming amendments
Sec. 901. Conforming amendments to other
Acts.
<enum>I</enum><header>General
Provision</header>
<section id="HA3B2E7D3D17241FDB2359576CE685F7B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="idDA5A629AEDB54561A7E1654437E848E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3002">42 U.S.C. 3002</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID63C4CB026BD94EBF88CCD64335B9438E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (10) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDA9643E04F1094E38B57D6D107B87FD13" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDC3BCD4F2DCB54E1483B628212A8D2871"><enum>(10)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5A149E5C7E7D476191D33F30D0C2D421"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term
<term>assistive device</term> includes an assistive technology device.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74BC72A28C174F70A93B1F81D90A6C26" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The terms <term>assistive
technology</term>, <term>assistive technology device</term>, and
<term>assistive technology service</term> have the meanings given such terms in
section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
3002).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DC41AAA6A43423BAD6D41A512E2DEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (12)(D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H988CF1FFF1E2488EAD59E06CBF542C8E" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="HF0D12DE2830D4D7200B6279985B964BF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evidence-based health promotion programs,
including programs related to the prevention and mitigation of the effects of
chronic disease (including osteoporosis, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and
cardiovascular disease), alcohol and substance abuse reduction, smoking
cessation, weight loss and control, stress management, falls prevention,
physical activity, and improved
nutrition;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF8E388823D784D52BB5D177221E8B56F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (24) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDBED5A8A1DC23414A8A6A4374CAA90D75" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1BE5770CEA67460D816DC6310172F7E9"><enum>(24)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA48D44BBA24B4B1DB938953E82767334"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term
<term>exploitation</term> means the fraudulent or otherwise illegal,
unauthorized, or improper act or process of an individual, including a
caregiver or fiduciary, that uses the resources of an older individual for
monetary or personal benefit, profit, or gain, or that results in depriving an
older individual of rightful access to, or use of, benefits, resources,
belongings, or assets.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCA79E22337F140F1B53B3D4EF6DB5D8F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In subparagraph (A), the term
<term>caregiver</term> means an individual who has the responsibility for the
care of an older individual, either voluntarily, by contract, by receipt of
payment for care, or as a result of the operation of law and means a family
member or other individual who provides (on behalf of such individual or of a
public or private agency, organization, or institution) compensated or
uncompensated care to an older
individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id13834E2AC67140AEA2792B2C9DB327CF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(29)(E)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3689C5A67AAD427A93D2B4EB201FC76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H678F50DDC11C4860A649082B8572EEC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H106BD5F7D32943D5B767E1E09436BEB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5068F11B53174E6683186E77F3F55E62" style="traditional">
<clause id="H7C69DE3F070945F69744B227CD1D81F4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">older individuals at risk for institutional
placement.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5496B4CBDDEE4F8A9358D8DF8D3BF9DA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph
(32)(D), by inserting <quote>, including an assisted living facility,</quote>
after <quote>home</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id283BDD6A303D41119D9C34956E75E0DD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (34) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A39EED775AA4409971FE12F51C14040" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID6117DBCBF29D4808AECC705F81A601DA"><enum>(34)</enum><text>The term
<term>neglect</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID215973A929F24584B09A11C4EFA6CE46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the failure of a
caregiver (as defined in paragraph (18)(B)) or fiduciary to provide the goods
or services that are necessary to maintain the health or safety of an older
individual; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8A402731F1A44791829E445414BF612A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>self-neglect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A51DC9452AC4B638F39DE3E1E67A7D9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB537F0BEA4E4809A7D193F938DDE1D0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H364DA32FE147421FB900D31107FCB60"><enum>(44)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Aging and Disability
Resource Center</term> means an entity established by a State as part of the
State system of long-term care, to provide a coordinated system for
providing—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF6E8A30EDFB473ABE19766904A58936"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comprehensive
information on the full range of available public and private long-term care
programs, options, service providers, and resources within a community,
including information on the availability of integrated long-term care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22E37970B86E44BFAF1DFFD9761EEE17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>personal
counseling to assist individuals in assessing their existing or anticipated
long-term care needs, and developing and implementing a plan for long-term care
designed to meet their specific needs and circumstances; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB743478EEB904E2D950466D900C7C695"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consumers access
to the range of publicly-supported long-term care programs for which consumers
may be eligible, by serving as a convenient point of entry for such
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBA56719FA6EE41598CDBC7D77DC696A7"><enum>(45)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>at risk for institutional
placement</term> means, with respect to an older individual, that such
individual is unable to perform at least 2 activities of daily living without
substantial assistance (including verbal reminding, physical cuing, or
supervision) and is determined by the State involved to be in need of placement
in a long-term care facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F09398643104B8A8E996875210174EF"><enum>(46)</enum><text>The term
<quote>civic engagement</quote> means an individual or collective action
designed to address a public concern or an unmet human, educational, health
care, environmental, or public safety need.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51A4F6922CDE40CE93B1C508FB6DEFF7"><enum>(47)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>elder justice</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD81199D7EC6D4AB5A7E1B15547C5C19C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used with respect to older individuals,
collectively, means efforts to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and
respond to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation and to protect older
individuals with diminished capacity while maximizing their autonomy;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59F7B3192BE64082BF340B0AF40052C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used with respect to an individual who is
an older individual, means the recognition of the individual's rights,
including the right to be free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA832FCAC67F04A7DBA9D0EBD37C1728F"><enum>(48)</enum><text>The term
<term>fiduciary</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id220D04E55B134BE6A6E6A472D2F26342"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a person or
entity with the legal responsibility—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95EF900B795048EB860233E81F04CDA1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to make decisions
on behalf of and for the benefit of another person; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48D88405AF15446BAF0136A43BDA9628"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to act in good
faith and with fairness; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1624592C54744B25A56F259D12E0C291"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a
trustee, a guardian, a conservator, an executor, an agent under a financial
power of attorney or health care power of attorney, or a representative
payee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C322A6664274C4480694FB49CA16CA4"><enum>(49)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Hispanic-serving
institution</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2FAF7F0823514A11A7F8666DFAC54EE1"><enum>(50)</enum><text>The term
<term>long-term care</term> means any service, care, or item (including an
assistive device), including a disease prevention and health promotion service,
an in-home service, and a case management service—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4112DE7774EA4FFCB3776865C28A9B47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>intended to
assist individuals in coping with, and to the extent practicable compensate
for, a functional impairment in carrying out activities of daily living;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF48EBCD7E3724708923494D56160DDE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>furnished at
home, in a community care setting (including a small community care setting as
defined in subsection (g)(1), and a large community care setting as defined in
subsection (h)(1), of section 1929 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social
Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396t">42 U.S.C. 1396t</external-xref>)), or in a long-term care facility;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53695233D13341888BE5526FBE2851ED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not furnished to
prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure a medical disease or condition.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7F819CCDAD1F4FEEAAE375AC512E77B8"><enum>(51)</enum><text>The term
<term>self-directed care</term> means an approach to providing services
(including programs, benefits, supports, and technology) under this Act
intended to assist an individual with activities of daily living, in
which—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID53B378E8CEDE466D8071E5B0FE59B116"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such services
(including the amount, duration, scope, provider, and location of such
services) are planned, budgeted, and purchased under the direction and control
of such individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID64EC2B01A87142F4848989C67F266E99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such individual
is provided with such information and assistance as are necessary and
appropriate to enable such individual to make informed decisions about the
individual’s care options;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0316E6E6372F4DE6A4355541DF243DD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the needs,
capabilities, and preferences of such individual with respect to such services,
and such individual’s ability to direct and control the individual’s receipt of
such services, are assessed by the area agency on aging (or other agency
designated by the area agency on aging) involved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5C747175113C4772B16062519E7A51B8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>based on the
assessment made under subparagraph (C), the area agency on aging (or other
agency designated by the area agency on aging) develops together with such
individual and the individual’s family, caregiver (as defined in paragraph
(18)(B)), or legal representative—</text>
<clause id="IDAF6114448BE94DB39F544D98CB506C1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
plan of services for such individual that specifies which services such
individual will be responsible for directing;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5A702D30718649C0A3EA26EDA4A55286"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a determination
of the role of family members (and others whose participation is sought by such
individual) in providing services under such plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCF874F88845545F89FFDF7E97BC0E76D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a budget for
such services; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA26E2A2715FB4998B44703C9155CA662"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the area agency
on aging or State agency provides for oversight of such individual’s
self-directed receipt of services, including steps to ensure the quality of
services provided and the appropriate use of funds under this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1F5411EB4E3E4A9C87CF5D9BF5BE030E"><enum>(52)</enum><text>The term
<term>self-neglect</term> means an adult’s inability, due to physical or mental
impairment or diminished capacity, to perform essential self-care tasks
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDA6CE0AE37414EED808A306FE5741DAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>obtaining
essential food, clothing, shelter, and medical care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD229BC2EBD6C4ABDB51868CAEED7616E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>obtaining goods
and services necessary to maintain physical health, mental health, or general
safety; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id147184BD787545F8B263B9F949BA66CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>managing one’s
own financial affairs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H880E010AD69C486286D8F5185492B7D"><enum>(53)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>State system of long-term
care</quote> means the Federal, State, and local programs and activities
administered by a State that provide, support, or facilitate access to
long-term care for individuals in such State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6926FBB2CA7643E8BA6C97B833192984"><enum>(54)</enum><text>The term
<term>integrated long-term care</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8DC2FCF660394C92BAC960A0596143DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means items and
services that consist of—</text>
<clause id="id493601C1CD5749D5B4B13256987857E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with respect to
long-term care—</text>
<subclause id="idF4763EEF6CD4488296E7C94E7A8CF7DC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>long-term care
items or services provided under a State plan for medical assistance under the
Medicaid program established under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), including nursing facility services, home and
community-based services, personal care services, and case management services
provided under the plan; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id82B65D4DCD994C238F4556785DDEB91C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any other
supports, items, or services that are available under any federally funded
long-term care program; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id43DE5D8A2DF446EDB8D44B3EE25BD31A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to
other health care, items and services covered under—</text>
<subclause id="id28951FB40E44459DB0E4DC8ED8CADF09"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Medicare
program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395 et seq.);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id10E8029702324C4A87C5E3D8CE865401"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the State plan
for medical assistance under the Medicaid program; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8A8F6ACCE61E44E4990B6C9FC657892A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any other
federally funded health care program; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE2D92BF0C43841C48940DB72DDC5604F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes items or
services described in subparagraph (A) that are provided under a public or
private managed care plan or through any other service
provider.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16660F95CDB44DE98EDB3182864B95C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redesignation
and reordering of definitions</header><text>Section 102 of the Older Americans
Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3002">42 U.S.C. 3002</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6B9C7D2621EC4931BDC39CA6962A7E24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (54) as paragraphs (45), (7), (50), (39), (26), (27),
(54), (13), (48), (8), (29), (14), (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (10), (30), (37),
(11), (15), (16), (18), (21), (22), (23), (24), (28), (31), (33), (35), (36),
(38), (40), (41), (42), (43), (44), (51), (53), (19), (49), (4), (9), (12),
(17), (20), (25), (34), (46), (47), (52), and (32), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DD3C8B12A7443E4950610DC9C27A87B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>so that
paragraphs (1) through (54), as so redesignated in paragraph (1), appear in
numerical order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Administration
on Aging</header>
<section id="ID97956D945E2D47268378E6965A325C59"><enum>201.</enum><header>Elder Abuse
Prevention and Services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3011) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Older Americans Act of 1965" id="IDE6F3FCFD95E44B708CAFFC1A09D9741A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDE4564DF959984A44A95A0389B55F43ED"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDC4EF694CB804414C9E0304CD1BB52966"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Assistant Secretary
is authorized to designate within the Administration a person to have
responsibility for elder abuse prevention and services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID34916E8E5E10487A8E536C761E50964C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>It shall be the duty of the Assistant
Secretary, acting through the person designated to have responsibility for
elder abuse prevention and services—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB4E8A04E3D5F407CAFC65DDEDE2E6AF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop objectives, priorities,
policy, and a long-term plan for—</text>
<clause id="IDa765e4dcfdd94d5b9e7ce2e4b88709b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>facilitating the development,
implementation, and continuous improvement of a coordinated, multidisciplinary
elder justice system in the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbbc03ad776f34170b10175f7bf878948"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing Federal leadership to
support State efforts in carrying out elder justice programs and activities
relating to—</text>
<subclause id="IDf50abb7bdc434b6ab59db069b782aa21"><enum>(I)</enum><text>elder abuse prevention, detection,
treatment, intervention, and response;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID07258c6679dc45208c2a098a6bbf7c7c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>training of individuals regarding the
matters described in subclause (I); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID05136023469547fd84326e763ba44699"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the development of a State
comprehensive elder justice system, as defined in section 752(b);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDf3c31b438c7a4e988f06bf98628f2722"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establishing Federal guidelines
and disseminating best practices for uniform data collection and reporting by
States;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdc7587c8670e4bbfae35cc3864d91c49"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>working with States, the
Department of Justice, and other Federal entities to annually collect,
maintain, and disseminate data relating to elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation, to the extent practicable;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfccdd113cf324e24b0eadd63780194b6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>establishing an information
clearinghouse to collect, maintain, and disseminate information concerning best
practices and resources for training, technical assistance, and other
activities to assist States and communities to carry out evidence-based
programs to prevent and address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1f0368cdbd9c421d8c5267081f9bb7ba"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>conducting research related to
elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdb7c469212e74cb499289a855190bf45"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>providing technical assistance to
States and other eligible entities that provide or fund the provision of the
services described in title VII;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDda5ce94feba7448181c0afddd166b9d8"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>carrying out a study to
determine the national incidence and prevalence of elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation in all settings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9d08cb66ff4043a980a240ca28daf279"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>promoting collaborative efforts
and diminishing duplicative efforts in the development and carrying out of
elder justice programs at the Federal, State and local levels; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID190e77383eab45f09b43ca22d38b10bc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assist States and other eligible
entities under title VII to develop strategic plans to better coordinate elder
justice activities, research, and training.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6e983807ebea40eb94ea5521b2f715cf" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary, acting through the
Assistant Secretary, may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry
out this subsection and section 752.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id181603C6799A42BFB6F280584596E71B"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF9A1ECC6D763475792D6D74E85789207"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Assistant Secretary
may designate an officer or employee who shall be responsible for the
administration of mental health services authorized under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17981C0701FE4C6996B55B4DC6264006" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>It shall be the duty of the Assistant
Secretary, acting through the individual designated under paragraph (1), to
develop objectives, priorities, and a long-term plan for supporting State and
local efforts involving education about and prevention, detection, and
treatment of mental disorders, including age-related dementia, depression, and
Alzheimer’s disease and related neurological disorders with neurological and
organic brain
dysfunction.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID6DA32F65220A496CA99FCA21665BB2AC"><enum>202.</enum><header>Functions of
the Assistant Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3012) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC9CE634A2D5846A9B60C7B73AC298DCF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2A222DADE9AD4F1AB22E5EDACF80D60D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by inserting <quote>assistive technology,</quote> after
<quote>housing,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDECFA458ADB2C42848E29DC3853EDFB8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (12) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1A99F52F90554DBE8AEFEC2B4552513C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id1263403BFDFE4073A2738135514BBBA9"><enum>(12)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD7ABAE4B6D3445579F9C44BE7B976862"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consult and coordinate
activities with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services and the heads of other Federal entities to implement and build
awareness of programs providing benefits affecting older individuals;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53D8EB2BBAFD4919923268D3E9EACA77" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carry on a continuing evaluation of
the programs and activities related to the objectives of this Act, with
particular attention to the impact of the programs and activities carried out
under—</text>
<clause id="id6B11CE9A08EE4556B3DE3066E2FD4416"><enum>(i)</enum><text>titles XVIII and XIX of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395">42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.</external-xref>, 1396 et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="id4EF21C5C3D9B4AB5B39B6A1A651CC5A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/621">29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE432C3E9F171426C833C43D93CA9DA46"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) relating to housing for older individuals and the setting
of standards for the licensing of nursing homes, intermediate care homes, and
other facilities providing care for such
individuals;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF4F22CCF2446423BA330E4FE197F9BCE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (20) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B4AD042FCF54303A64F339DE458AAB9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id4BB28137073A45AD88387AD2E3494619"><enum>(20)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD716FF81361640F8BF4231FF0BE55FDA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>encourage, and provide
technical assistance to, States, area agencies on aging, and service providers
to carry out outreach and benefits enrollment assistance to inform and enroll
older individuals with greatest economic need, who may be eligible to
participate, but who are not participating, in Federal and State programs
providing benefits for which the individuals are eligible, including—</text>
<clause id="id87EFE6E4FD8A4AEFBAC5A6860ADCF3B3" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>supplemental security income
benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1381">42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.</external-xref>),
or assistance under a State plan program under such title;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE82585C7B5B94A688E651D01CFED6FA2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>medical assistance under title XIX
of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="id877A21A290B940F19E3D4A2D87270B21" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>benefits under the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</clause><clause id="id1E88E50D077743F58394DAFEDABEAF3B" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>benefits under any other
applicable program; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4C55198F0DAD453FB6E2A84B1A210970" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the election of the Assistant
Secretary and in cooperation with related Federal agency partners administering
the Federal programs, make a grant to or enter into a contract with a
qualified, experienced entity to establish a National Center on Senior Benefits
Outreach and Enrollment, which shall—</text>
<clause id="id4AE81AA034F34EF191A50DE92AE987CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>maintain and update web-based
decision support and enrollment tools, and integrated, person-centered systems,
designed to inform older individuals about the full range of benefits for which
the individuals may be eligible under Federal and State programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="idBBDE20F0FB1B49199236EDF00495D32F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>utilize cost-effective strategies
to find older individuals with greatest economic need and enroll the
individuals in the programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="id31992EEBE9F840F1AD45FBED445AF568"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>create and support efforts for
Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and other public and private State and
community-based organizations, including faith-based organizations and
coalitions, to serve as benefits enrollment centers for the programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4044DDC31A33476F9BD5CF0F1CF37DE5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>develop and maintain an
information clearinghouse on best practices and cost-effective methods for
finding and enrolling older individuals with greatest economic need in the
programs for which the individuals are eligible; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idFDE4E4CC9F7F491D993E0C5CA697B56C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide, in collaboration with
related Federal agency partners administering the Federal programs, training
and technical assistance on effective outreach, screening, enrollment, and
follow-up
strategies;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94975F462E0C4E2095321A69F1795511"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(26)—</text>
<clause id="ID437A314364924A0B98BBF49B5D4DFF86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subsection (D)—</text>
<subclause id="IDDDFCD7E4440242B4887C1EAC1E29BCD5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>gaps in</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDDB046FF985EB4430A9F7A41E15D9CCC7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(including services that would permit such individuals to receive
long-term care in home and community-based settings)</quote> after
<quote>individuals</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE881D2EAF15745D5B71CEE71EA59C875"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection
(E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDCC186BE427949F9A62E31F32583B2CD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph
(27)—</text>
<clause id="IDCEB91E51A03A4E939093039CF8C0F561"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22039B4F5EF743BD80E97F224B94E8FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (D); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1F6C514E55184841A15B4B923D2C4437"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID72E230B96DCD40A98D4CC23682735C03" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDEA1609AB9F034548B7557DDA7263D237"><enum>(28)</enum><text>make available
to States, area agencies on aging, and service providers information and
technical assistance to support the provision of evidence-based disease
prevention and health promotion
services.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0C7A313B52DB4C79B319EEE92C8F4652"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (b) and (c), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70A7308D749240A7AA459AB0ED1A0C4A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDFFD03BCEB8E444E992C39954E80C3455"><enum>(b)</enum><text>To promote the
development and implementation of comprehensive, coordinated systems at
Federal, State, and local levels that enable older individuals to receive
long-term care in home and community-based settings, in a manner responsive to
the needs and preferences of older individuals and their family caregivers, the
Assistant Secretary shall, consistent with the applicable provisions of this
title—</text>
<paragraph id="ID85DB133AFB574C2C904A7F6EBA7D353B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collaborate,
coordinate, and consult with other Federal entities responsible for formulating
and implementing programs, benefits, and services related to providing
long-term care, and may make grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with
funds received from other Federal entities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFC1D41DBF1584BA092565BEF07E7030B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct research
and demonstration projects to identify innovative, cost-effective strategies
for modifying State systems of long-term care to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDA0276E1069564F7A9050D5F537CA0542"><enum>(A)</enum><text>respond to the
needs and preferences of older individuals and family caregivers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID13946BE1069B4F8C92ED34214BBE637E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>target services
to individuals at risk for institutional placement, to permit such individuals
to remain in home and community-based settings;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEE6ACAE9CCDF450D9C3B59CD0DDE3549"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish
criteria for and promote the implementation (through area agencies on aging,
service providers, and such other entities as the Assistant Secretary
determines to be appropriate) of evidence-based programs to assist older
individuals and their family caregivers in learning about and making behavioral
changes intended to reduce the risk of injury, disease, and disability among
older individuals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDED5FB26EFB1F4496A70CEC9F7A2DD499"><enum>(4)</enum><text>facilitate, in
coordination with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, and other heads of Federal entities as appropriate, the provision of
long-term care in home and community-based settings, including the provision of
such care through self-directed care models that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2c6143d1674f4b6d94c3508852a6dc55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide for the
assessment of the needs and preferences of an individual at risk for
institutional placement to help such individual avoid unnecessary institutional
placement and depletion of income and assets to qualify for benefits under the
Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et
seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID369871bd9e5d48eea941f005b646fc86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>respond to the
needs and preferences of such individual and provide the option—</text>
<clause id="idA495D914E46242CFA70DE8D960F736E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for the
individual to direct and control the receipt of supportive services provided;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="id123601DDE3B14757B5E6DFC98210D637"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as appropriate,
for a person who was appointed by the individual, or is legally acting on the
individual’s behalf, in order to represent or advise the individual in
financial or service coordination matters (referred to in this paragraph as a
<quote>representative</quote> of the individual), to direct and control the
receipt of those services; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID57cb613541df4bd3952381ceaa53d1cd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assist an older
individual (or, as appropriate, a representative of the individual) to develop
a plan for long-term support, including selecting, budgeting for, and
purchasing home and community-based long-term care and supportive
services;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H707DC1AA7A5F4772B7AABFF900F294A5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide for the
Administration to play a lead role with respect to issues concerning home and
community-based long-term care, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H94250C69EC194A1DA7004F8BFB639FBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">directing (as the Secretary or the
President determines to be appropriate) or otherwise participating in
departmental and interdepartmental activities concerning long-term care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70DD260185A142EA8E8D5F33D6F08972"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reviewing and
commenting on departmental rules, regulations, and policies related to
providing long-term care; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98C1A6CCF6114957BF381438AF858718"><enum>(C)</enum><text>making
recommendations to the Secretary with respect to home and community-based
long-term care, including recommendations based on findings made through
projects conducted under paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE884DEC3BAB413885F0578433A2FB7C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>promote, in
coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies—</text>
<subparagraph id="id06E0E7B476644F259E7A3F9A44F37D14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhanced
awareness by the public of the importance of planning in advance for long-term
care; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBFD97D80D4AC4FD8824184B5C9FF99EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the availability
of information and resources to assist in such planning;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id375CECE99EDF4D52A19333C2FB53C947"><enum>(7)</enum><text>ensure access to,
and the dissemination of, information about all long-term care options and
service providers, including the availability of integrated long-term
care;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID882F5FDF4DF646E39F3976A00CC2CAF9"><enum>(8)</enum><text>implement in all
States Aging and Disability Resource Centers—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID141892DC98954DBDB806D5C11F4667F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to serve as
visible and trusted sources of information on the full range of long-term care
options, including both institutional and home and community-based care, which
are available in the community;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID915ACBAC0D594BC9B2C4A5150E54E143"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
personalized and consumer-friendly assistance to empower individuals to make
informed decisions about their care options;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID05C0AA7A71E5420A93A14E58CB9D2620"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide
coordinated and streamlined access to all publicly supported long-term care
options so that consumers can obtain the care they need through a single
intake, assessment, and eligibility determination process;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEEAE7B1EAC8A4B42B28BD63135D98034"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to help
individuals to plan ahead for their future long-term care needs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf363a407530a4373af0be04b61863fe6"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist (in coordination with the
entities carrying out the health insurance information, counseling, and
assistance program (receiving funding under section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395b-4">42 U.S.C. 1395b–4</external-xref>)) in the States) beneficiaries,
and prospective beneficiaries, under the Medicare program established under
title XVIII of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395">42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.</external-xref>) in
understanding and accessing prescription drug and preventative health benefits
under the provisions of, and amendments made by, the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDCF599B01B7914A9EB2E6DA4318BA066D"><enum>(9)</enum><text>establish, either
directly or through grants or contracts, national technical assistance programs
to assist State agencies, area agencies on aging, and community-based service
providers funded under this Act in implementing—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0AC08DF4BEA747F28D5875C3C8EA97CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>home and
community-based long-term care systems, including evidence-based programs;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2BE598EFA368449CA0A3D70B0666ABCE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evidence-based
disease prevention and health promotion services programs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6DE3AD673E87415CB15F51245FB73122"><enum>(10)</enum><text>develop, in
collaboration with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, performance standards and measures for use by States to determine the
extent to which their State systems of long-term care fulfill the objectives
described in this subsection; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ACB98349DD14164ACBC50E0F7F15604"><enum>(11)</enum><text>conduct such
other activities as the Assistant Secretary determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdbc2c91e5b7d4551ac639d18417ccfa5"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Assistant
Secretary, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation
for National and Community Service, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa40ef25f4f184bd196d2632190ffea81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>encourage and
permit volunteer groups (including organizations carrying out national service
programs and including organizations of youth in secondary or postsecondary
school) that are active in supportive services and civic engagement to
participate and be involved individually or through representative groups in
supportive service and civic engagement programs or activities to the maximum
extent feasible;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID94AC13F27FE74FF3A600181F52292908"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop a
comprehensive strategy for utilizing older individuals to address critical
local needs of national concern, including the engagement of older individuals
in the activities of public and nonprofit organizations such as community-based
organizations, including faith-based organizations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID968F44706E87491CBFC19427F2D7D18C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage other community capacity-building
initiatives involving older individuals, with particular attention to
initiatives that demonstrate effectiveness and cost savings in meeting critical
needs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFA997A54EBDF42768D09C5C0055102F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1)(A), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HC15E3C9CBC8E40D298F0EE61A1495D19"><enum>203.</enum><header>Federal agency
consultation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3013">42 U.S.C. 3013</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idAF40C2AF4B53496EA229104CAC4EE022"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id86C973090ABA49E7B8F9A463D9611FCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(with particular
attention to low-income minority older individuals and older individuals
residing in rural areas)</quote> and inserting <quote>(with particular
attention to low-income older individuals, including low-income minority older
individuals, older individuals with limited English proficiency, and older
individuals residing in rural areas)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id806865B6C19E4A0A9EFA3D1080E7F562"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 507</quote> and inserting <quote>section 518</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id02A748CB80F342FFA65852689049AC73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id92E15196FC1343CCAB8E0298BE7DA92F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(17), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD0A2BF817F794E2C9B56FDA979E21724"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(18), by striking the period and inserting <quote>, and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id827AE3738C4042CF9D909A1C66810CFA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id328D493020144001A2DE7A403FC83BD9" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id9D875C841E5E432E90109418FD1D069C"><enum>(19)</enum><text>sections 4 and 5
of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3003">29 U.S.C. 3003</external-xref>,
3004).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6564877A00AE48E6B685AC24D7FAE21B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F0A86AA240246D9AF843EAF09BF8AA9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idC2D96F8E0D324D5F8CB6F63561F19128"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB7802F2A87E44C71AC103698EBE83417"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary, in
collaboration with the Federal officials specified in paragraph (2), shall
establish an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Aging (referred to in this
subsection as the <quote>Committee</quote>) focusing on the coordination of
agencies with respect to aging issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2527C7CA3B9E46CD838EC6BDB1B8A6CC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The officials referred to in
paragraph (1) shall include the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development, and may include, at the direction of the President, the
Attorney General, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Commissioner of Social Security, and such other Federal officials as the
President may direct. An official described in this paragraph may appoint a
designee to carry out the official's duties under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id02598EAA796A437DAABA9965B3DEC6D7" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall serve as the first chairperson of the Committee, for 1 term, and
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall serve as the chairperson
for the following term. After that following term, the Committee shall select a
chairperson from among the members of the Committee, and any member may serve
as the chairperson. No member may serve as the chairperson for more than 1
consecutive term.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE99E6A0E5D16458EAE7749D440CE402E" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, a
term shall be a period of 2 calendar years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idED5B567E3E9244F8AC82687AB92E28E9" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Committee shall meet not less
often than once each year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID82b7ee9fa1ab4517a76c88f4379dbe3c" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Committee shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5c69dcf2db984a53ae157a1f68787f19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>share information with and establish
an ongoing system to improve coordination among Federal agencies with
responsibility for programs and services for older individuals and recommend
improvements to such system with an emphasis on—</text>
<clause id="ID1d9de5f08d4a4495bcdbc26dc1aee325"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improving access to programs and
services for older individuals;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfd440cddb65243e18d48840a7b0d0ccc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>maximizing the impact of federally
funded programs and services for older individuals by increasing the
efficiency, effectiveness, and delivery of such programs and services;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbade62b73cee482eb63b0f48c7c1b0b0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>planning and preparing for the
impact of demographic changes on programs and services for older individuals;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID92f87cd49d534c6fb54f78bb775d7b84"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>reducing or eliminating areas of
overlap and duplication by Federal agencies in the provision and accessibility
of such programs and services;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfc8486c0e0d54ceb800ba989e675b563"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify, promote, and implement (as
appropriate), best practices and evidence-based program and service models to
assist older individuals in meeting their housing, health care, and other
supportive service needs, including—</text>
<clause id="IDa1ab2276ef0e48469a7b42cebf08554c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consumer-directed care models for
home and community-based care and supportive services that link housing, health
care, and other supportive services and that facilitate aging in place,
enabling older individuals to remain in their homes and communities as the
individuals age; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7857d3ab964c46c5a7072f774fb33d06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>innovations in technology
applications (including assistive technology devices and assistive technology
services) that give older individuals access to information on available
services or that help in providing services to older individuals;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd8f16b42f82c49b19b73d41e95b5a244"><enum>(C)</enum><text>collect and disseminate information
about older individuals and the programs and services available to the
individuals to ensure that the individuals can access comprehensive
information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2a46120ae3a34d2e94dda1f95b49d8a3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>work with the Federal Interagency
Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, the Bureau of the Census, and member
agencies to ensure the continued collection of data relating to the housing,
health care, and other supportive service needs of older individuals and to
support efforts to identify and address unmet data needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID009f469e2b9e4f5d96314a28f7eca0c2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>actively seek input from and consult
with nongovernmental experts and organizations, including public health
interest and research groups and foundations about the activities described in
subparagraphs (A) through (F);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID28f2d22dee6449a595d75f8c3b52b7c2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>identify any barriers and impediments,
including barriers and impediments in statutory and regulatory law, to the
access and use by older individuals of federally funded programs and services;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID90f1fea60d1c490bafdba0c91a08966f"><enum>(G)</enum><text>work with States to better provide
housing, health care, and other supportive services to older individuals
by—</text>
<clause id="ID8d2a642e339e4206b8a96b3ae0c211ab"><enum>(i)</enum><text>holding meetings with State
agencies;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb94f153b0b4f41bcb3a0663e7d157bed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing ongoing technical
assistance to States about better meeting the needs of older individuals;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdc0daab79de543469207d2fda1e4d7de"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>working with States to designate
liaisons, from the State agencies, to the Committee.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id09C21122CE124DE393186371B6A2A064" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days following the
end of each term, the Committee shall prepare and submit to the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Education
and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
of the Senate, and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, a report
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA2F03BF3AC4945FCAFBF522881872F5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the activities and
accomplishments of the Committee in—</text>
<clause id="id6369F2ECED4F4A81AE91E544DAC19555"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enhancing the overall coordination
of federally funded programs and services for older individuals; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4FFACE5B198A4A8FAAE8E9189AEF6B3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meeting the requirements of
paragraph (6);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC3603EA312B24BE29243EEBC22DD21DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incorporates an analysis from the head
of each agency that is a member of the interagency coordinating committee
established under paragraph (1) that describes the barriers and impediments,
including barriers and impediments in statutory and regulatory law (as the
chairperson of the Committee determines to be appropriate), to the access and
use by older individuals of programs and services administered by such agency;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33686840B6A54D98A42807EA3FBCD6CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>makes such recommendations as the
chairman determines to be appropriate for actions to meet the needs described
in paragraph (6) and for coordinating programs and services designed to meet
those needs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3B6DA1EBF2014FB3B6D75D9C8377F389" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>On the request of the Committee, any
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Committee without
reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil
service status or
privilege.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID1CA9242F9E3C4CBB8EF9E064C2D09998"><enum>204.</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3016) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6DA5B6BECE75484F885D6B25BCCE8866"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID02E09E0933BC4C2D868985A6B5818B35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="ID09CACA3F10ED488EB7A882B99A727B61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1516DF4498794841ADFFB292914B0FB7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA23347204C2843F88D74279F714D1450"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (E); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID669289CD81F4443BACB90C4274E195EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="IDAB169235581245F18D90F9CD6BC38107"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="ID1A53F19C1A124E30A42F4659279B7D0A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by amending
clause (i) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID011AD30F396F4DC8A9ABCBCAC576F8FC" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDC7FFD2DB62324F1ABD30684B1196B9C6" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>designing, implementing, and
evaluating evidence-based programs to support improved nutrition and regular
physical activity for older
individuals;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2D733F700B234098B74DA008DAF82A05"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by amending
clause (iii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID1EFADA2DB88A488E806DCE5D537E0D6F" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID1675CEA5B98847BB9E4D898B5F93E4EE" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>conducting outreach and
disseminating evidence-based information to nutrition service providers about
the benefits of healthful diets and regular physical activity, including
information about the most current Dietary Guidelines for Americans published
under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act
of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5341">7 U.S.C. 5341</external-xref>), the Food Guidance System of the Department of
Agriculture, and advances in nutrition
science;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="IDA7959B714AD345A98FF116E583F20D8E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause
(vii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDE36BC428937841C4828B40AD0F1F57A0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by striking
clause (viii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID172138285AE644EF9A5B16E39A2AB139" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID5F00C22D1CCA4FB9B0C8D0E71D748E52" indent="up2"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>disseminating guidance that
describes strategies for improving the nutritional quality of meals provided
under title III, including strategies for increasing the consumption of whole
grains, lowfat dairy products, fruits, and vegetables;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC55117861F3C428786F4A264F2942688" indent="up2"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>developing and disseminating
guidelines for conducting nutrient analyses of meals provided under subparts 1
and 2 of part C of title III, including guidelines for averaging key nutrients
over an appropriate period of time; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2902D28291E34FB2A0C7EF7E29695AB0" indent="up2"><enum>(x)</enum><text>providing technical assistance to the
regional offices of the Administration with respect to each duty described in
clauses (i) through (ix).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDECBDD96543EA436CB0E94DDFEF38B0A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
amending subparagraph (C)(i) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID1D854D6905BC44C48FBE051E5B41D441" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID71986A272B524AEAACAE85E5A975E318" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have expertise in nutrition, energy
balance, and meal planning;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID4717A800A61E4BA7B071D9A4839FFA2B"><enum>205.</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The first sentence of section 206(g) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3017(g)) is amended to read as follows: <term>From the total amount
appropriated for each fiscal year to carry out title III, the Secretary may use
such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed <fraction>1/2</fraction> of 1
percent of such amount, for purposes of conducting evaluations under this
section, either directly or through grants or contracts.</term>.</text>
</section><section id="IDA145378DAA8346B793CCA2C5DD19A46A"><enum>206.</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207(b)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3018(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3E88D376CCFE4D9BB4AB2126CCF27FDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>the
Workforce</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17942D5D01B847179AB8EBD20715F5D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>Labor and Human Resources</quote> and inserting
<quote>Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDA5798C9876114F01A380EEB0BE83AA1E"><enum>207.</enum><header>Contracting
and grant authority; private pay relationships; appropriate use of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3020c) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF313A5C3E64D4B0D9E50E5F6E4B9050B" style="OLC">
<section id="id53F38A51AE344113AB1CBC7AFAD12D50"><enum>212.</enum><header>Contracting
and grant authority; private pay relationships; appropriate use of
funds</header>
<subsection id="id07C684BC125E4431AB0FB84EED7FEBC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), this Act shall not be
construed to prevent a recipient of a grant or a contract under this Act (other
than title V) from entering into an agreement with a profitmaking organization
for the recipient to provide services to individuals or entities not otherwise
receiving services under this Act, provided that—</text>
<paragraph id="idB279FF10248C49D69A1624E3BB613E09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if funds provided
under this Act to such recipient are initially used by the recipient to pay
part or all of a cost incurred by the recipient in developing and carrying out
such agreement, such agreement guarantees that the cost is reimbursed to the
recipient;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE4552031F5C64CCEB72E116D9506AC39"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if such agreement
provides for the provision of 1 or more services, of the type provided under
this Act by or on behalf of such recipient, to an individual or entity seeking
to receive such services—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBE8252C6C8394C05B6059F9A71D0ECC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individuals
and entities may only purchase such services at their fair market rate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0DF7DD6C407A45B08507464C118556A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all costs
incurred by the recipient in providing such services (and not otherwise
reimbursed under paragraph (1)), are reimbursed to such recipient; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5CA0A29577654B1FBB159D7C6006AA1A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the recipient
reports the rates for providing such services under such agreement in
accordance with subsection (c) and the rates are consistent with the prevailing
market rate for provision of such services in the relevant geographic area as
determined by the State agency or area agency on aging (as applicable);
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id392798C2E4374239BC3C517C2EAC415E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any amount of
payment to the recipient under the agreement that exceeds reimbursement under
this subsection of the recipient's costs is used to provide, or support the
provision of, services under this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFF62ED58370843DDA7E36172586CE4E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ensuring
appropriate use of funds</header><text>An agreement described in subsection (a)
may not—</text>
<paragraph id="id32C67B520C544E17BC64CDD99867F18C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be made without
the prior approval of the State agency (or, in the case of a grantee under
title VI, without the prior recommendation of the Director of the Office for
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Aging and the prior
approval of the Assistant Secretary), after timely submission of all relevant
documents related to the agreement including information on all costs
incurred;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id10ACFF19DC96475DBE2C8FAE10279E59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>directly or
indirectly provide for, or have the effect of, paying, reimbursing,
subsidizing, or otherwise compensating an individual or entity in an amount
that exceeds the fair market value of the services subject to such
agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id234D39530A3F4A50A65F084A2E92E579"><enum>(3)</enum><text>result in the
displacement of services otherwise available to an older individual with
greatest social need, an older individual with greatest economic need, or an
older individual who is at risk for institutional placement; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id34678E89A3674A94B6F859B9CB468827"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in any other way
compromise, undermine, or be inconsistent with the objective of serving the
needs of older individuals, as determined by the Assistant Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id65DA1057CCA940108D45D1F7A7B50CB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Monitoring and
reporting</header><text>To ensure that any agreement described in subsection
(a) complies with the requirements of this section and other applicable
provisions of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall develop and implement
uniform monitoring procedures and reporting requirements consistent with the
provisions of subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 306(a)(13) in
consultation with the State agencies and area agencies on aging. The Assistant
Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to the chairpersons and ranking
members of the appropriate committees of Congress a report analyzing all such
agreements, and the costs incurred and services provided under the agreements.
This report shall contain information on the number of the agreements per
State, summaries of all the agreements, and information on the type of
organizations participating in the agreements, types of services provided under
the agreements, and the net proceeds from, and documentation of funds spent and
reimbursed, under the agreements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5D56A8F4F9A243D1877B8C386DFEFFBE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timely
reimbursement</header><text>All reimbursements made under this section shall be
made in a timely manner, according to standards specified by the Assistant
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA5E7F8D8F5C041ABA43D9E60858110AC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost</header><text>In
this section, the term <quote>cost</quote> means an expense, including an
administrative expense, incurred by a recipient in developing or carrying out
an agreement described in subsection (a), whether the recipient contributed
funds, staff time, or other plant, equipment, or services to meet the
expense.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idF6B58362F4FE4B35A6805D651BC1D4B5"><enum>208.</enum><header>Nutrition
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3020e">42 U.S.C. 3020e</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A33237DDA1942C38582ACAE89F22BF6" style="OLC">
<section id="H0CD5503C9DB44B338D9774B4D3849357"><enum>214.</enum><header>Nutrition
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall conduct
outreach and provide technical assistance to agencies and organizations that
serve older individuals to assist such agencies and organizations to carry out
integrated health promotion and disease prevention programs that—</text>
<paragraph id="id2ECE467D6A104E4F9FB958339704F719"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are designed for older individuals;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7F3281539CB44BA3A67685E43B2A79BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3600C0D074314998B4E825FF403281A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nutrition education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id710A0DBA877E4F609BE8A2EF839A0D4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">physical activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0A260CE2EFD544D2A45CED9B77B51A80"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other activities to modify behavior and to
improve health literacy, including providing information on optimal nutrient
intake, through nutrition education and nutrition assessment and counseling, in
accordance with section
339(2)(J).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA49C4CCC65BC40238D0093D142CC2254"><enum>209.</enum><header>Pension
counseling and information programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 215 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3020e-1">42 U.S.C. 3020e–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4CE6D6AA1CE44AE982110065C58B0080"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1)(J), by striking <quote>and low income retirees</quote> and inserting
<quote>, low-income retirees, and older individuals with limited English
proficiency</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BE8C1DEF05649B1A4120051EB6F4936"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f),
by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90EBE5321E9F4E828FFD278992412742" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H10567A9A1F064850BA751EB69745A807"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ability of the entity to perform
effective outreach to affected populations, particularly populations with
limited English proficiency and other populations that are identified as in
need of special outreach.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6113840042CE4730867D6B8795B516F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)(2), by inserting <quote>(including individuals with limited English
proficiency)</quote> after <quote>individuals</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID625C5BE6598C417EA634E64022465402"><enum>210.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 216
of the <act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3020f">42 U.S.C. 3020f</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE44FA3A7E7E3452DAD7AAB2D8C9FB537"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005</quote> and inserting
<quote>2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4B7C22DE721C4CBCA57AE63F0F5BE619"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsections
(b) and (c), by striking <quote>year</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>years</quote>, and inserting <quote>years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and
2011</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Grants for
State and community programs on aging</header>
<section id="H394EE7EB513E446DAAFCC2AAC0F47C71"><enum>301.</enum><header>Purpose;
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
301(a)(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3021">42 U.S.C. 3021(a)(2)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0390D3B66434246AEAEFA4599B71200"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F7E27CEA867464683135D8630EE2C80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEAE7D0BC67674F5EA99916FBEC9F7A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H867BB94DE116439E813E4813D763ED3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA585557A496A4A3591E80090B968C47E" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">organizations that have experience in
providing training, placement, and stipends for volunteers or participants who
are older individuals (such as organizations carrying out Federal service
programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service),
in community service settings.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0AA05FB1B5B74B51B3A8E0741F00A8CD"><enum>302.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3022">42 U.S.C. 3022</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id8918064C2D6A47E295E9FB39C49B241D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BB2907375FB413FA7B5907B36C31ADD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idF4F3943C7CE149608BFC731E1592BAA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<term>family caregiver</term> means an adult family member, or another
individual, who is an informal provider of in-home and community care to an
older individual or to an individual with Alzheimer's disease or a related
disorder with neurological and organic brain
dysfunction.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id083C30B788434BAABF65822D127C56CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (4), (2), and (3), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE12A20EAD7FB4CBA96A1C452378D8DE0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by moving
paragraph (4), as so redesignated, to the end of the section.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idA04B5E92C52F41309775F1D4F5CB677B"><enum>303.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations; uses of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3023">42 U.S.C. 3023</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEE247A191F264C39A968C638B55DF91B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections
(a)(1), (b), and (d), by striking <quote>year 2001</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>years</quote> each place it appears, and inserting <quote>years
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC8A1AAEF822145AD8D7D04539B48FED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id229928BF7B2C4EA38E39AEC9ECFE6EA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by striking <quote>$125,000,000</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>$160,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4DC72FC7B9B54400ADA65BD45AEC2E77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>such sums</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>$166,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, $173,000,000 for fiscal year 2009,
$180,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $187,000,000 for fiscal year
2011.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id52A1A6D4B1A54240B6217DF0133A6FFA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id052B0B046124424A9A0FDAC54FBF21BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(2)—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>1 percent</quote> and
inserting <quote>(2), not more than 1 percent</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id3AFC39EA057F456CB696D954C588C6D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>may</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id4A45CE9DBE9A474A9A2878935F0F643F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 376</quote> and inserting <quote>section
411(a)(11)</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id073B68C4DB4E4D70847FE64A082AB327"><enum>304.</enum><header>Allotments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304(a)(3)(D) of the Older Americans
Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3024">42 U.S.C. 3024(a)(3)(D)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74FE2BA3DBD84A4391D34563CF0BE96C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id037778FBB9494DD892394565FC6946A8" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFDF7E389FF3140FD9E7C79D45838EEBD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State shall be allotted less than the
total amount allotted to the State for fiscal year 2006.</text>
</clause><clause id="id78D9F296E67D40D3AD8B899251514DF7" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State shall receive a percentage
increase in an allotment, above the State's fiscal year 2006 allotment, that is
less than—</text>
<subclause id="IDb7dfa81c04c84f6c87c8165b521bcb56"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2007, 20 percent of
the percentage increase above the fiscal year 2006 allotments for all of the
States;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe889d1754d764448beb354135d00d4c5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2008, 15 percent of
the percentage increase above the fiscal year 2006 allotments for all of the
States;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDdca2c73c52944fe4a1e47ecb41c26f6a"><enum>(III)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009, 10 percent of
the percentage increase above the fiscal year 2006 allotments for all of the
States; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDa6338e4417374463b5154b28240cf36d"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, 5 percent of
the percentage increase above the fiscal year 2006 allotments for all of the
States.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H09BB8F341E2D4D42AA99E4C19F60524"><enum>305.</enum><header>Organization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3025">42 U.S.C. 3025(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE0A4A862C9D94DC0BFBC2842CC22D84D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(E)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE43909407AC9480EBEDE9D33A0F8656F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(with particular
attention to low-income minority individuals and older individuals residing in
rural areas)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(with
particular attention to low-income older individuals, including low-income
minority older individuals, older individuals with limited English proficiency,
and older individuals residing in rural areas)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92742F85611A4EF2A290278DD89311B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8985AB0BE3794939ACAF704221821299"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBCB1EBEFFAB4AB3B1A68A6BFB6088F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>,
with particular attention to low-income minority individuals and older
individuals residing in rural areas</quote> and inserting <quote>(with
particular attention to low-income older individuals, including low-income
minority older individuals, older individuals with limited English proficiency,
and older individuals residing in rural areas)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC235DF048AA6467BA6DAC64CD49503CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H746EBD0CBE8B47599742C993EEC093A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E52D80352884409BE9987E147506118" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H331A746B8F324A88A405585144DA006C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State agency shall, consistent with
this section, promote the development and implementation of a State system of
long-term care that is a comprehensive, coordinated system that enables older
individuals to receive long-term care in home and community-based settings, in
a manner responsive to the needs and preferences of the older individuals and
their family caregivers, by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD2129080B858423F9485E2CFEB10CAA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collaborating,
coordinating, and consulting with other agencies in such State responsible for
formulating, implementing, and administering programs, benefits, and services
related to providing long-term care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD88FFC5053E443FFB600F299D8A21D97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>participating in
any State government activities concerning long-term care, including reviewing
and commenting on any State rules, regulations, and policies related to
long-term care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD1CA36BE7535495DA0F09ADD0C153171"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting analyses and making
recommendations with respect to strategies for modifying the State system of
long-term care to better—</text>
<clause id="idBE27099FC7284440A5EE58DA803F6A91"><enum>(i)</enum><text>respond to the
needs and preferences of older individuals and family caregivers;</text>
</clause><clause id="idECFD132EB80B4FD985DEAF767FD5E482"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>facilitate the
provision, by service providers, of long-term care in home and community-based
settings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC3F828D8182D482DBD9B3D1944EECF0E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>target services
to individuals at risk for institutional placement, to permit such individuals
to remain in home and community-based settings;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID68D686A779524623BA515E9BFE0A17ED"><enum>(D)</enum><text>implementing
(through area agencies on aging, service providers, and such other entities as
the State determines to be appropriate) evidence-based programs to assist older
individuals and their family caregivers in learning about and making behavioral
changes intended to reduce the risk of injury, disease, and disability among
older individuals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8AFE1E3A8FF49F28C64265F582BEF76"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing for the availability and
distribution (through public education campaigns, Aging and Disability Resource
Centers, area agencies on aging, and other appropriate means) of information
relating to—</text>
<clause id="H7085BEBC5D6F47718DEF9235DCECB92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
need to plan in advance for long-term care; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H42E95038D3324F5D898529A3D1273683"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the full range of
available public and private long-term care (including integrated long-term
care) programs, options, service providers, and
resources.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B600B4647694FE8A5437CDD00336851"><enum>306.</enum><header>Area
plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306 of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3026">42 U.S.C. 3026</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H16897240C12C4F179302F40525DA00D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5C7CB59719E46739077F443620DC3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H0F7D30583C1C4437879948C4F1D523DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(with particular
attention to low-income minority individuals and older individuals residing in
rural areas)</quote> and inserting <quote>(with particular attention to
low-income older individuals, including low-income minority older individuals,
older individuals with limited English proficiency, and older individuals
residing in rural areas)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1B8D9242826C49D195370E1E537C3C21"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>(with particular attention to low-income minority
individuals)</quote> and inserting <quote>(with particular attention to
low-income older individuals, including low-income minority older individuals,
older individuals with limited English proficiency, and older individuals
residing in rural areas)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC0C62783639F4BDDA8B7A7004D4F8F3C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>the number of older individuals at risk for institutional
placement residing in such area,</quote> after <quote>individuals) residing in
such area,</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8DD227C3D60F4EDF98F82D1749902ECD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A)—</text>
<clause id="id87F2FEBA3F494E28BD32A323F8774BB0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting after <quote>transportation,</quote> the following: <quote>health
services (including mental health services),</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3E2E0D3C2461496298E575E96929ABB5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting after <quote>information and assistance</quote> the following:
<quote>(which may include information and assistance to consumers on
availability of services under part B and how to receive benefits under and
participate in publicly supported programs for which the consumer may be
eligible)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC3443FB554C4F96B538DE1DBACA9470"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<clause id="H09B1FF81E95A454B8FFE4952420084C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H6C5BC61DE722453C8C04884FB96C3D4C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by amending clause
(i) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73A95845644B4C91AD9ECB3443ADA50" style="traditional">
<clause id="H135DB0B7502345E9876EB7EA096DBDD0" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBB978C2153514879BFC5A388CE521705"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide assurances that the area agency on
aging will—</text>
<item id="HF463FB023392494E91F8834FA4E3D42D" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>set specific objectives,
consistent with State policy, for providing services to older individuals with
greatest economic need, older individuals with greatest social need, and older
individuals at risk for institutional placement;</text>
</item><item id="H596FB2A2E56F40AB818417517BFFAAD3" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>include specific objectives for
providing services to low-income minority older individuals, older individuals
with limited English proficiency, and older individuals residing in rural
areas; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HE6BA98261D944298A748436E2D802B24" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>include proposed methods to achieve
the objectives described in items (aa) and (bb) of subclause
(I);</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="H69D6D0E5F0774C568200ADC1886973E1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by inserting <quote>, older individuals with limited English
proficiency,</quote> after <quote>low-income minority individuals</quote> each
place it appears; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H047EAC162346427391996DA3D5556CF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="HEB39CBF7E6974F449778C8322881C5F0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by moving the left
margin of each of subparagraph (B), clauses (i) and (ii), and subclauses (I)
through (VI) of clause (i), 2 ems to the left; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD0F37534858B4DAC87F9188B07406897"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause
(i)—</text>
<item id="H8C6EF4F55ADF48FA87A57ED464480338"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in
subclause (V), by striking <quote>with limited English-speaking ability;
and</quote> and inserting <quote>with limited English
proficiency;</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="id47C841B62F44405AAF199C08BDD9611E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause
(VI), by striking <quote>or related</quote> and inserting <quote>and
related</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="H5C12B1BEF5CF4514ABC06BEA458C100"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB4BF35AC21B43EBA7F4023A28C9E74C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H6C68B01602224682BD507BF6A2C1A0CF" indent="up1"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">older individuals at risk for institutional
placement;
and</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EF5AE1ED88B453EABA4A7C7AF93C600"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by inserting <quote>and individuals at risk for institutional placement</quote>
after <quote>severe disabilities</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3EC9A5734AC4F88B653356025C15391"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)—</text>
<clause id="H711690C5561544AB8E77A44800E87CB5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="HB154C8C9AC11421B951DEE1F2F6FABAB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9032DBFC28B84BC2944F48F0C9A44548"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H76B4815270D74317A013B06C8FCBCB1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (ii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0922431AACC04413B6250EFB3EF542E9" style="OLC">
<clause id="HA3BF2BBAE2E74FFA84046244F6002B6E" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make use of trained volunteers in providing
direct services delivered to older individuals and individuals with
disabilities needing such services and, if possible, work in coordination with
organizations that have experience in providing training, placement, and
stipends for volunteers or participants (such as organizations carrying out
Federal service programs administered by the Corporation for National and
Community Service), in community service
settings;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H4A3CB8CC78EB4206B54400C575A9DF22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subclause id="H57D0707646FD4165826766ADADD1F9CB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>family caregivers of such individuals,</quote> after
<quote>Act,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H41190C0E11AA440D8B99FA817919BAE1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>service providers, representatives of the business community,</quote>
after <quote>individuals,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDC9AAE9F2DD3B4616958364AB218FCDC0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (F) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDD8B545C5ACD44D20BAD8B9AC65340A7E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDE9CE1C7D3773439DACD6E34C8C5438C0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in coordination
with the State agency and with the State agency responsible for mental health
services, increase public awareness of mental health disorders, remove barriers
to diagnosis and treatment, and coordinate mental health services (including
mental health screenings) provided with funds expended by the area agency on
aging with mental health services provided by community health centers and by
other public agencies and nonprofit private
organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A89434E20F740BB915788008047B600"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6714D998413C45069F10137C262F2CD8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1845D073CB974FC69731D8764F4503EB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>provide that the
area agency on aging shall, consistent with this section, facilitate the
area-wide development and implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated system
for providing long-term care in home and community-based settings, in a manner
responsive to the needs and preferences of older individuals and their family
caregivers, by—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD9A948870D4040F9BF7E4104A36094AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collaborating,
coordinating activities, and consulting with other local public and private
agencies and organizations responsible for administering programs, benefits,
and services related to providing long-term care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB86B435BDD3C49F595A9483B9FE58569"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conducting
analyses and making recommendations with respect to strategies for modifying
the local system of long-term care to better—</text>
<clause id="H0A5471ECA98E40BFAAEBAEB200F9DCAD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>respond to the
needs and preferences of older individuals and family caregivers;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B47CCFC5ADC418F913132FCFAD45FCC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>facilitate the
provision, by service providers, of long-term care in home and community-based
settings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEC4C34964E2640498C719E4DD9EC7759"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>target services
to older individuals at risk for institutional placement, to permit such
individuals to remain in home and community-based settings;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6F51D06562224AA3A4F55CED4B668214"><enum>(C)</enum><text>implementing,
through the agency or service providers, evidence-based programs to assist
older individuals and their family caregivers in learning about and making
behavioral changes intended to reduce the risk of injury, disease, and
disability among older individuals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9665FCD9EC4406E910078C62139DE81"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing for the
availability and distribution (through public education campaigns, Aging and
Disability Resource Centers, the area agency on aging itself, and other
appropriate means) of information relating to—</text>
<clause id="H62ABD92BCDFB4C62A846E4DA18F8F326"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the need to plan
in advance for long-term care; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB7D0269177545B3A48F686DD356AC72"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the full range of
available public and private long-term care (including integrated long-term
care) programs, options, service providers, and
resources;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID299ED5DA91304C08B64FA95A30756FA2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (14) and the 2 paragraphs (15);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFF79A3AE02AF48ADA7DDB49E2A73E3AC"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (16) as paragraph (14); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB5E4540062BD4122A71BBDA7D22AF4DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD55ADDFE82784437B1F6F61C1191E566" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD0D794B66E81442492C2EF09A92005CD"><enum>(15)</enum><text>provide
assurances that funds received under this title will be used—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE82EBEF5183441EFA3DD9026E5CCE336"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide
benefits and services to older individuals, giving priority to older
individuals identified in paragraph (4)(A)(i); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B0D5B1F6DD442CD9463FAAC33534B5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in compliance with
the assurances specified in paragraph (13) and the limitations specified in
section 212;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID344D2538CD594E27B348423FCC4183DB"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide, to the extent feasible, for the
furnishing of services under this Act, consistent with self-directed care;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDA617FA5EC54234B531ADDCFE390FAA"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include information detailing how the area
agency on aging will coordinate activities, and develop long-range emergency
preparedness plans, with local and State emergency response agencies, relief
organizations, local and State governments, and any other institutions that
have responsibility for disaster relief service
delivery.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H95D52321E5B843BD00EB985F7F1368E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD06448A22A2499CAE000086A74CDD3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A6B7C8285E04B9C97422F7E8EBF8FF1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID5C395286A49846D594F67541E3B90A11"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDA63A07DFB02F4FC8B98952855832F85B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An area agency on aging
may include in the area plan an assessment of how prepared the area agency on
aging and service providers in the planning and service area are for any
anticipated change in the number of older individuals during the 10-year period
following the fiscal year for which the plan is submitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id85D6BAB056EC4C52BACDF6AE4ADB4B7D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Such assessment may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H282A4325DA2E43E7A0AB527900A73B2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the projected change in the number of
older individuals in the planning and service area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDADB642CCFBF4BD884C7793F35E48349"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of how such change may
affect such individuals, including individuals with low incomes, individuals
with greatest economic need, minority older individuals, older individuals
residing in rural areas, and older individuals with limited English
proficiency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E66E7DB3DF641E0A7BB9810B164BEAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an analysis of how the programs,
policies, and services provided by such area agency can be improved, and how
resource levels can be adjusted to meet the needs of the changing population of
older individuals in the planning and service area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D733AE1B19D478DB6BEF6D13A926E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an analysis of how the change in the
number of individuals age 85 and older in the planning and service area is
expected to affect the need for supportive services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5E43F4BD738F461991CA5034A2470EA5" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An area agency on aging, in cooperation
with government officials, State agencies, tribal organizations, or local
entities, may make recommendations to government officials in the planning and
service area and the State, on actions determined by the area agency to build
the capacity in the planning and service area to meet the needs of older
individuals for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE0C2BE945E54E0BBF575BC013422C1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>health and human services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71845279D01542F3B71B88DA30489C10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>land use;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25FF2D5749854A398B66414C9553AC47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>housing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7968E18648434F1D9E7DFC688CD08372"><enum>(D)</enum><text>transportation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA01F14DD6D2490389C7FB933CA34D93"><enum>(E)</enum><text>public safety;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H187F8C5C82934B96A3546BB573BF666"><enum>(F)</enum><text>workforce and economic
development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DE26DF9B74340228CEDFB708B2C6C7D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>recreation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A34058EFFDB43B3BD70FF98C622E194"><enum>(H)</enum><text>education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB55F8AD658B94500A2D147DB955BC5A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>civic engagement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B18605AAD0B45E78E5536BF2D330978"><enum>(J)</enum><text>emergency preparedness; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41DE468CC4EF4B96838090005CCC6531"><enum>(K)</enum><text>any other service as determined by
such
agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H84671D9D2E974B4F9EC6367CB926AC"><enum>307.</enum><header>State
plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 307(a) of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3027">42 U.S.C. 3027(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4403B148443042F39E2424C9260702A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(C), by striking
<quote>section 306(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
306(c)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAF8FF533E9894867A5F4D306BF8A8977"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>, with
particular attention to low-income minority individuals and older individuals
residing in rural areas</quote> and inserting <quote>(with particular attention
to low-income minority older individuals, older individuals with limited
English proficiency, and older individuals residing in rural
areas)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1958EF2C3B64BF1AC466574A7C9CF32"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (15);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5991A2B5477441CE84F7007037B1DA23"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (14) as paragraph (15);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB3BB78045F184267A9AB0D29237B09EF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (13) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8C1A1DEB5F0469585F58E7523390000" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H6B452D3DE97F440C928C6C721406D9FB"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan shall, with respect to the fiscal
year preceding the fiscal year for which such plan is prepared—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B2EB8986DDA4A2698CFA024BF0965F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the
number of low-income minority older individuals in the State, including the
number of low-income minority older individuals with limited English
proficiency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6B4F6477F2D46C59D6C0000AA0691A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe the
methods used to satisfy the service needs of the low-income minority older
individuals described in subparagraph (A), including the plan to meet the needs
of low-income minority older individuals with limited English
proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE1DBA6C5F31D4F4184BDDFBFABFDB12B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph
(16)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC768E2FBC73E4754B30B8C514D308D6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clauses (ii)
and (iii), by striking <quote>(with particular attention to low-income minority
individuals and older individuals residing in rural areas)</quote> each place
it appears and inserting <quote>(with particular attention to low-income older
individuals, including low-income minority older individuals, older individuals
with limited English proficiency, and older individuals residing in rural
areas)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1FFCFBA452594CDFA4B4B72C0B8B702C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (vi),
by striking <quote>or related</quote> and inserting <quote>and related</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFFB833376C46455E9FE571E2A6D44BBC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id752138D43F9F4F8A98E2147F90166582" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD74B5873EBC1479F8347200D2EAF1973"><enum>(27)</enum><text>The plan shall
provide assurances that area agencies on aging will provide, to the extent
feasible, for the furnishing of services under this Act, consistent with
self-directed care.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id27B1B94D8BB04DDFBC49D84D2A07D937"><enum>(28)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3F2AB4C8D5344137A6C0603A848CD03C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The plan shall include,
at the election of the State, an assessment of how prepared the State is, under
the State's statewide service delivery model, for any anticipated change in the
number of older individuals during the 10-year period following the fiscal year
for which the plan is submitted.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id966A574C765845FAA1C39132F1626C9A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Such assessment may include—</text>
<clause id="id5EFCBD9BB0D04D0B9D730B0AA38023EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the projected change in the number
of older individuals in the State;</text>
</clause><clause id="id400EFC70D47E4AC0807D1B8BAA176246"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an analysis of how such change may
affect such individuals, including individuals with low incomes, individuals
with greatest economic need, minority older individuals, older individuals
residing in rural areas, and older individuals with limited English
proficiency;</text>
</clause><clause id="id5E5FFD2D7A8E4DFEB14FD13C40DE4F49"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an analysis of how the programs,
policies, and services provided by the State can be improved, including
coordinating with area agencies on aging, and how resource levels can be
adjusted to meet the needs of the changing population of older individuals in
the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6ECC979D4A3F42B2BE67983B420E5B4F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an analysis of how the change in
the number of individuals age 85 and older in the State is expected to affect
the need for supportive services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC29A4D9C6C6042F9A9156EB5220EF4A3"><enum>(29)</enum><text>The plan shall
include information detailing how the State will coordinate activities, and
develop long-range emergency preparedness plans, with area agencies on aging,
local emergency response agencies, relief organizations, local governments,
State agencies responsible for emergency preparedness, and any other
institutions that have responsibility for disaster relief service
delivery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6FAE390B55BC4B5AA23242060E387BF1"><enum>(30)</enum><text>The plan shall
include information describing the involvement of the head of the State agency
in the development, revision, and implementation of emergency preparedness
plans, including the State Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
Plan.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID74468144894E4007A343CC94A1687C59"><enum>308.</enum><header>Payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 309(b)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3029(b)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>the non-Federal share required
prior to fiscal year 1981</quote> and inserting <quote>10 percent of the cost
of the services specified in such section 304(d)(1)(D)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idA3FB18D11A7044A6B166BF3D99E18E8C"><enum>309.</enum><header>Nutrition
services incentive program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030a">42 U.S.C. 3030a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf89966bcca3f4a45b6738571d5ed62cd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC7B352A0FB34648B0AFD1261B0D3B3E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1c5d17e93bfd4ff38fd91636ef8cfc57" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>State agencies that elect to make
grants and enter into contracts for purposes of this section shall promptly and
equitably disburse amounts received under this subsection to the recipients of
the grants and
contracts.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0dc4f9513f094e5cbd91879294058185"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID655c207bb3e54de39907a8d6bfc2f162"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>(including bonus commodities)</quote> after
<quote>commodities</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2ffa6f823d2d4ca590383cf318bc323a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>(including bonus commodities)</quote> after
<quote>commodities</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID556a019574b64917a9cfff2d3072c4ba"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>(including bonus commodities)</quote> after
<quote>products</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0765267ee0774d3289f4187a1084945d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB1A69FF778C48D08A213A41189214FB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID3f33dfeea30e4985980fd01a979b1837" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Among the commodities provided under
this subsection, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special emphasis to
foods of high nutritional value to support the health of older individuals. The
Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary, is
authorized to prescribe the terms and conditions respecting the provision of
commodities under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7014ce984189410fa3985a55c03b11bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id140860A46E6A43D0BEDEB30EDB569D30" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID540dda785d3f496eba2edc9de76ed331"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBCAF8D5EBBAB4C17BF4577C03A5A5078"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Amounts provided under
subsection (b) shall be available only for the purchase, by State agencies,
recipients of grants and contracts from the State agencies (as applicable), and
title VI grantees, of United States agricultural commodities and other foods
for their respective nutrition projects, subject to paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf7dd62e770fa49f3b319c3a66f9167e2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An entity specified in paragraph (1)
may, at the option of such entity, use part or all of the amounts received by
the entity under subsection (b) to pay a school food authority (within the
meaning of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et
seq.) to obtain United States agricultural commodities for such entity's
nutrition projects, in accordance with an agreement between the entity and the
school food authority, under which such payments—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0d4d8817d140485dbbb010f4637de425"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall cover the cost of such
commodities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe1d9b62fdb9c42c9b9c4b6b229db2d44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may cover related expenses incurred by
the school food authority, including the cost of transporting, distributing,
processing, storing, and handling such
commodities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbb25e2d63c2b4abb8ca5cb824f7ea332"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by striking <quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5ddaa28688ce4f61b226fe64817d4a3c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6514799ff4354d9d842099a4e4735569"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Secretary of Agriculture and
the Secretary of Health and Human Services</quote> and inserting <quote>the
Assistant Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5628ce04f44047d68136c40417892d32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE2AF20F40F442439F4A83C5D1A3D43A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDae9cd454033e40f9804092d3398cad76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>school food
authorities participating in programs authorized under the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act within the geographic area served by each such State
agency, area agency on aging, and provider; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd46aa44480434c9e8fc367eecd3beddd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the foods
available to such State agencies, area agencies on aging, and providers under
subsection
(c).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H2C9C4C26EC52409C8280071705BFB776"><enum>310.</enum><header>Consumer
contributions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 315 of
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030c-2">42 U.S.C. 3030c–2</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5F167021545745F0990235363C466ED7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD4F64063D47434697767E15EF1EA2CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="id610309FDBFC747B78904AC3E6CA1F5B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>provided that</quote> and inserting <quote>if</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idADCA5C7778674BC78A42BAC417372262"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following: <quote>Such contributions shall be encouraged
for individuals whose self-declared income is at or above 185 percent of the
poverty line, at contribution levels based on the actual cost of
services.</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E5AC6BFD35944B9A32965D7C2026E78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(E), by inserting <quote>and to supplement (not supplant) funds received
under this Act</quote> after <quote>given</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F1EE197F46F43C69960E97DD193D460"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by striking <quote>(with particular attention to low-income minority
individuals and older individuals residing in rural areas)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(with particular attention to low-income older individuals,
including low-income minority older individuals, older individuals with limited
English proficiency, and older individuals residing in rural areas)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9DE43DAE5A0451895DDDBB3F7B7C284"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking <quote>with
particular attention to low-income and minority older individuals and older
individuals residing in rural areas</quote> and inserting <quote>(with
particular attention to low-income older individuals, including low-income
minority older individuals, older individuals with limited English proficiency,
and older individuals residing in rural areas)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id4A62909ED4C5471798B89AD19E2C931F"><enum>311.</enum><header>Supportive
services and senior centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 321(a) of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030d">42 U.S.C. 3030d(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID68ab17b676e44132a1bcc3d064cecab1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by inserting <quote>(including mental health screening)</quote> after
<quote>screening</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6461c71301454a9fa0655f30226b8808"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(11), by striking <quote>services</quote> and inserting <quote>provision of
services and assistive devices (including provision of assistive technology
services and assistive technology devices)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4231a5d049374986b4b5c1175f57daa1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(14)(B) by inserting <quote>(including mental health)</quote> after
<quote>health</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD45AD275D615481AA6A2E8F6B1F9B70D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(21)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID59784C8D9E224BECB568C86F71602892"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>school-age children</quote> and inserting <quote>students</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID332570F749BF40B68344A558F50D6E6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>services for older individuals with limited English proficiency
and</quote> after <quote>including</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1abca5d6320d45a283803879388370be"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (22)
by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb74143b89187414daf0c7e8a193dea1c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (23) as paragraph (25); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID77a5293f62d041d898f7fa035b97baee"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (22) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EF18F0986A7458CAFAB87CE51E6468A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID5763b2671563425a8a5c39c9123fb668"><enum>(23)</enum><text>services
designed to support States, area agencies on aging, and local service providers
in carrying out and coordinating activities for older individuals with respect
to mental health services, including outreach for, education concerning, and
screening for such services, and referral to such services for
treatment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4660A18A4DC84D7EBCE428B32DE295ED"><enum>(24)</enum><text>activities to
promote and disseminate information about life-long learning programs,
including opportunities for distance learning;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID9731127198CA48888735DC1CA4D77420"><enum>312.</enum><header>Nutrition
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the part heading
of part C of title III of the <act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans
Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030e">42 U.S.C. 3030e et seq.</external-xref>), insert the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Older Americans Act of 1965" id="ID904567D1BFEC44BE801153ABF036161F" style="OLC">
<section id="ID565A457BDAE64B30B195EEEAF25C1ADB"><enum>330.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this part are—</text>
<paragraph id="id87944E209CA24F96A77054ACA6D13488"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce hunger and food
insecurity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAF0F03DF25FA4A228D697A0D31CB230F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote socialization of older
individuals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id600B66F6EF5646C8BF638E27F0DD8694"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote the health and well-being of
older individuals by assisting such individuals to gain access to nutrition and
other disease prevention and health promotion services to delay the onset of
adverse health conditions resulting from poor nutritional health or sedentary
behavior.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H61B2690B642B4135A67B2E9BA205FFFB"><enum>313.</enum><header>Congregate
nutrition program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 331
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030e">42 U.S.C. 3030e</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9828541DF6B748F0BB0002007CB88C00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>projects—</quote> and inserting <quote>projects that—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C10D64B5CD74FA393D06192F9B784DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>which,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD68B8EC8496844AD957ADEF7F9E52B42"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>which</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID336BF49CE6654CE292EED159CAEF962E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CDE930E33F34095ABCEB813EE6C8294" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID4CC0F92D644D4CE0B5107FD20C931712"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide nutrition
education, nutrition counseling, and other nutrition services, as appropriate,
based on the needs of meal
participants.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCB568C67F48E4A5AAB65B2F7C9194F00"><enum>314.</enum><header>Home delivered
nutrition services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 336
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030f">42 U.S.C. 3030f</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDABA0705AF8E4B148B00244FB09EE6BF" style="OLC">
<section id="H605D925FE2B04D699128C590ED00D9AA"><enum>336.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to make grants to States
under State plans approved under section 307 for the establishment and
operation of nutrition projects for older individuals that provide—</text>
<paragraph id="id878C05D2C3C94734BB39393BBFA78321"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on 5 or more days a week (except in a rural
area where such frequency is not feasible (as defined by the Assistant
Secretary by rule) and a lesser frequency is approved by the State agency) at
least 1 home delivered meal per day, which may consist of hot, cold, frozen,
dried, canned, fresh, or supplemental foods and any additional meals that the
recipient of a grant or contract under this subpart elects to provide;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07F3D65787C147B99956A0D65768D822"><enum>(2)</enum><text>nutrition
education, nutrition counseling, and other nutrition services, as appropriate,
based on the needs of meal recipients.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HAFCD3ADFAE40467ABD07E566D0D2B2E1"><enum>315.</enum><header>Criteria</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 337 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030g">42 U.S.C. 3030g</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CF5C9270B7E495F003C567709CF00EB" style="OLC">
<section id="H4F65C4DC94B843BE913674B5876789BD"><enum>337.</enum><header>Criteria</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary, in consultation
with recognized experts in the fields of nutrition science, dietetics, meal
planning and food service management, and aging, shall develop minimum criteria
of efficiency and quality for the furnishing of home delivered meal services
for projects described in section
336.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID6AE736FAEFE04F7692B7B494B9AFAE06"><enum>316.</enum><header>Nutrition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 339 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of 1965</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 3030g–21) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID48C12BDEFC7A4FFA904202A6FE71C82C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID4E4BDC3160194489831A996A39F3B017" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID84B9ADB3870F4B86987714808F26DF86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>solicit the
expertise of a dietitian or other individual with equivalent education and
training in nutrition science, or if such an individual is not available, an
individual with comparable expertise in the planning of nutritional services,
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID386114F7BAE94630A36D2E37C9A1CFF3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2973A2B058204394BEEACC34AE499B55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="IDB3C6B93564754564AA011FD3A3E891DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (i), to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID54AEDE01D1634991A3B9991B6D777EF1" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID585F2941A2384596ABE0907B136517E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>comply with the
most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published by the Secretary and
the Secretary of Agriculture, and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3CE3C859F22B4C33A37B3A0E2FEA4CA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)(I), by striking <quote>daily recommended dietary allowances as</quote> and
inserting <quote>dietary reference intakes</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id620B168C3EE64CDCB6719F33335BA9B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by inserting <quote>joint</quote> after <quote>encourages</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EFBFA296BAE49FDBAC1F64D2F94D77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72A87F2AC1F949A6ADA97E1E58217E40" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="HF22498E4316D4F838E7BCD18D507573B"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures that meal providers solicit the
advice and expertise of—</text>
<clause id="idA03E85255AE1423894CB44B8B6406410"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
dietitian or other individual described in paragraph (1),</text>
</clause><clause id="H487EF4F7A7474BEB9CC731F67E38AD8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meal
participants, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4B0BFA1ED8AB4694931923420067AAE0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other
individuals knowledgeable with regard to the needs of older
individuals,</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5EE3FA638C904A53A0751F3807B30D66"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by striking <quote>and accompany</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEC498B57BB5A4203B5188C29B3F8B924"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(I), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CFC090E87D54C1EA7D55B46B8478B44"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (J) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A7B00BD2B6E4F67B138002781050057" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="HFF3BC89B01D048B7AF23A02FDBAC1BAF"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides for nutrition screening and
nutrition education, and nutrition assessment and counseling if appropriate,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7851663D0D76493792D0A6F55608FC0D"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourages individuals who distribute
nutrition services under subpart 2 to provide, to homebound older individuals,
available medical information approved by health care professionals, such as
informational brochures and information on how to get vaccines, including
vaccines for influenza, pneumonia, and shingles, in the individuals’
communities.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="IDe99f4877b55a4058bad56af3da15495f"><enum>317.</enum><header>Study of
nutrition projects</header>
<subsection id="IDcb031624522b46e392899c8089d4ec03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="id45223C2A91DA4712B542740C8565210D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Assistant Secretary for Aging shall use funds
allocated in section 206(g) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3017(g)) to enter into a contract with the Food and Nutrition Board of the
Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, for the purpose of
establishing an independent panel of experts that will conduct an
evidence-based study of the nutrition projects authorized by such Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id05D60F373974412ABE989A064610C10B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Such
study shall, to the extent data are available, include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3fa02683d99d4e2db63a43a098d327ee"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the effect of the nutrition projects authorized by such Act on—</text>
<clause id="ID3f511dcdd84040c5bf79fca7ec9a4a29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improvement of
the health status, including nutritional status, of participants in the
projects;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID63fc816081654121ae3ceb002d87fd38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prevention of
hunger and food insecurity of the participants; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe4b92fc2f23241b096cdf4dfd4f430aa"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>continuation of
the ability of the participants to live independently;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf4376d69e4914b5a992174dbb500e885"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a cost-benefit
analysis of nutrition projects authorized by such Act, including the potential
to affect costs of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDb85b5bfc30574c088581867c30009b79"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an analysis of
how and recommendations for how nutrition projects authorized by such Act may
be modified to improve the outcomes described in subparagraph (A), including
recommendations for improving the nutritional quality of the meals provided
through the projects and undertaking other potential strategies to improve the
nutritional status of the participants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id389D58BFD6184088AC887EB5BCAB28A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="idE46130C0D29842B9BF7C39EC51853F52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report to the
Assistant Secretary</header><text>The panel described in subsection (a)(1)
shall submit to the Assistant Secretary a report containing the results of the
evidence-based study described in subsection (a), including any recommendations
described in subsection (a)(2)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCD0EC69F11EE486BB68E5181F9994CAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall submit a report containing
the results described in paragraph (1) to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA791BFE884694EE481CB36DEFB347253"><enum>318.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress recognizing the contribution of nutrition to the health of older
adults</header>
<subsection id="idF627742DCFBE43CB821AA77EE77731BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="id6B5C668E2E404E91BE5539133CE85276"><enum>(1)</enum><text>good nutrition is
vital to good health, and a diet based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
may reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease,
osteoporosis, diabetes, macular degeneration, and cancer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3765612240BD46F4B0EB545519CE8545"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the American
Dietetic Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians have
estimated that the percentage of older adults who are malnourished is estimated
at 20 to 60 percent for those who are in home care and at 40 to 85 percent for
those who are in nursing homes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9AA92C5429ED4D0CBE609C873EF2C8D7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Institute of
Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences has estimated that approximately
40 percent of community-residing persons age 65 and older have inadequate
nutrient intakes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB72F9597CA0A4E4B8E832E0B81779AFB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>older adults are
susceptible to nutrient deficiencies for a number of reasons, including a
reduced capacity to absorb and utilize nutrients, difficulty chewing, and loss
of appetite;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9229C3FF8FAC4CBCB14D5324399F518D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>while diet is the
preferred source of nutrition, evidence suggests that the use of a single daily
multivitamin-mineral supplement may be an effective way to address nutritional
gaps that exist among the elderly population, especially the poor; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3065618136BB45E5B955910D6DCB5F56"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans state that multivitamin-mineral supplements may be
useful when they fill a specific identified nutrient gap that cannot be or is
not otherwise being met by the individual's intake of food.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0C9FAA304C0A4352894863524B1F44EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="id1A8D4E5FABC04A6EBD455C6743A9A540"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meal programs
funded by the Older Americans Act of 1965 contribute to the nutritional health
of older adults;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id50BAB7925973467BBAFD00DB46D44568"><enum>(2)</enum><text>when the
nutritional needs of older adults are not fully met by diet, use of a single,
daily multivitamin-mineral supplement may help prevent nutrition deficiencies
common in many older adults;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id70530389FCF1411AA285E7F62C3E86D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>use of a single,
daily multivitamin-mineral supplement can be a safe and inexpensive strategy to
help ensure the nutritional health of older adults; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5C68D6CC1D9D42B29692DCF84946BD10"><enum>(4)</enum><text>nutrition service
providers under the Older Americans Act of 1965 should consider whether
individuals participating in congregate and home-delivered meal programs would
benefit from a single, daily multivitamin-mineral supplement that is in
compliance with all applicable government quality standards and provides at
least <fraction>2/3</fraction> of the essential vitamins and minerals at 100
percent of the daily value levels as determined by the Commissioner of Food and
Drugs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id63C7A2DBA95F44DE8D11D6A712FFA112"><enum>319.</enum><header>Improving
indoor air quality in buildings where older individuals
congregate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 361 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030m">42 U.S.C. 3030m</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id975E04E55F774B50BBFF8C87F0D0266F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idDA4F0EB4D6154A5AB041BAE1FA42AEEF"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Assistant
Secretary shall work in consultation with qualified experts to provide
information on methods of improving indoor air quality in buildings where older
individuals
congregate.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID68422739A35A4E9AAF0233CE78B78982"><enum>320.</enum><header>Caregiver
support program definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 372 of the National Family Caregiver
Support Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030s">42 U.S.C. 3030s</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3CF464F93B0F40889A4BC342D0628AE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>or who is an individual with a disability</quote> after
<quote>age</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA7B4B79E496D43BEBF71B2163F7C8124"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1D09490A78CA472795F02B029F69EF06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>a child by blood or marriage</quote> and inserting <quote>a child by
blood, marriage, or adoption</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72B913EAC6864343AE1DB684AD13728B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>60</quote> and inserting <quote>55</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id607C5F56F6144FD29D5E0AAA6CD49330"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
before <quote>In this subpart</quote> the following: <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE5B5B512B7C4A12B231E6C25A4D1D5E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07E9C26CE93A4C6EAF61BBF4A69B14A2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA67D10109DB0408D93FEE5140E959E0A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id1ED4C796F0B54D0ABC8EB45AB476BB92" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idC0CB9CA9981447BCBF5F2B41F3AEA596"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>In
providing services under this subpart—</text>
<paragraph id="id416B2EE29A104BB197AD0C34D8575173"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for family
caregivers who provide care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and
related disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction, the State
involved shall give priority to caregivers who provide care for older
individuals with such disease or disorder; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id12ED029DADE94BCC9618F005E8B1FBD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for grandparents
or older individuals who are relative caregivers, the State involved shall give
priority to caregivers who provide care for children with severe
disabilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H965F3CD1C3C24FED98098B5014FF00A9"><enum>321.</enum><header>Caregiver
support program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 373 of
the National Family Caregiver Support Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030s-1">42 U.S.C. 3030s–1</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA6646158EF4420DBA35DA90538E8297"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(3), by striking
<quote>caregivers to assist</quote> and all that follows through the end and
inserting the following: <quote>assist the caregivers in the areas of health,
nutrition, and financial literacy, and in making decisions and solving problems
relating to their caregiving roles;</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B2C1C45D3614063AF51084668CCD80B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id542A44F8A7E145988849A848F7463B12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)(i) or (B) of section
102(28)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(i) or (B) of section
102(22)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E3C1CA8DE0C40018946544904436A15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99836787832143F48CF592A461B5494C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id1EE16C0B7E434DDEAF162177AC92B8E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
providing services under this subpart, the State, in addition to giving the
priority described in section 372(b), shall give priority—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCFEFE6B14FD14846AA1BAE9A065B4267"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to caregivers who
are older individuals with greatest social need, and older individuals with
greatest economic need (with particular attention to low-income older
individuals); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D3CD47F33FD48558C6AE75B1F9C77A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to older
individuals providing care to individuals with severe disabilities, including
children with severe disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id88D172D299D04D69BA039777FB0F3479"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03E427B25DF947CEA29E85BA0AE4CF79" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3D818CEFE0647EDB15CF1D15D2034A8"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of volunteers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subpart, each area
agency on aging shall make use of trained volunteers to expand the provision of
the available services described in subsection (b) and, if possible, work in
coordination with organizations that have experience in providing training,
placement, and stipends for volunteers or participants (such as organizations
carrying out Federal service programs administered by the Corporation for
National and Community Service), in community service
settings.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id55B23015EC554878B86261477EC03597"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(3), by adding at the end the following: <quote>The reports shall describe
any mechanisms used in the State to provide to persons who are family
caregivers, or grandparents or older individuals who are relative caregivers,
information about and access to various services so that the persons can better
carry out their care responsibilities.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID098165A568F04F92BAD101A8716E4A10"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1), by striking <quote>2001 through 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>2007,
2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE56408A9A8174736818565C50C70064D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(2)(C), by inserting <quote>of a child who is not more than 18 years of
age</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id513227CE1E9241B28BF99571973F2246"><enum>322.</enum><header>National
innovation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 2 of part E
of title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3030s-11">42 U.S.C. 3030s–11 et seq.</external-xref>) is
repealed.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Activities for
health, independence, and longevity</header>
<section id="IDDAFC23E07122471E9FFD28C910524285"><enum>401.</enum><header>Title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The <act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older
Americans Act of 1965</act-name> is amended by inserting before section 401 (42
U.S.C. 3031) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C0182BA87294D1387912FE4CB2DFBAA" style="OLC">
<title id="idD403E0B42DBE44C5874AF0B5C0F734A5"><enum>IV</enum><header>Activities for
health, independence, and
longevity</header>
.
402.Section 411 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032) is amended—
(1)in subsection
(a)—
(A)in paragraph (8),
by striking and
at the end;
(B)by redesignating
paragraph (9) as paragraph (13); and
(C)by inserting
after paragraph (8) the following:
(9)planning
activities to prepare communities for the aging of the population, which
activities may include—
(A)efforts to assess
the aging population;
(B)activities to
coordinate the activities of State and local agencies in order to meet the
needs of older individuals; and
(C)training and
technical assistance to support States, area agencies on aging, and
organizations receiving grants under title VI, in engaging in community
planning activities;
(10)the development,
implementation, and assessment of technology-based service models and best
practices, to support the use of health monitoring and assessment technologies,
communication devices, assistive technologies, and other technologies that may
remotely connect family and professional caregivers to frail older individuals
residing in home and community-based settings or rural areas;
(11)conducting
activities of national significance to promote quality and continuous
improvement in the support provided to family and other informal caregivers of
older individuals through activities that include program evaluation, training,
technical assistance, and research, including—
(A)programs
addressing unique issues faced by rural caregivers;
(B)programs focusing
on the needs of older individuals with cognitive impairment such as Alzheimer’s
disease and related disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction,
and their caregivers; and
(C)programs
supporting caregivers in the role they play in providing disease prevention and
health promotion services;
(12)building public
awareness of cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease and related
disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction, depression, and
mental disorders; and
;
and
(2)in subsection
(b), by striking year
and all that follows through
years
and inserting years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and
2011
.
403.Career
preparation for the field of agingSection 412(a) of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3032a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
(a)The
Assistant Secretary shall make grants to institutions of higher education,
including historically Black colleges or universities, Hispanic-serving
institutions, and Hispanic Centers of Excellence in Applied Gerontology, to
provide education and training that prepares students for careers in the field
of
aging.
.
404.Health care
service demonstration projects in rural areasSection 414 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3032c) is amended—
(1)in subsection
(a), by inserting mental health services,
after
care,
; and
(2)in subsection
(b)(1)(B)(i), by inserting mental health,
after
health,
.
405.Technical
assistance and innovation to improve transportation for older
individualsSection 416 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032e) is amended to read as
follows:
416.Technical
assistance and innovation to improve transportation for older
individuals
(a)The Secretary may award grants or contracts to nonprofit
organizations to improve transportation services for older individuals.
(b)
(1)A nonprofit organization receiving a grant or contract
under subsection (a) shall use the funds received through such grant or
contract to carry out a demonstration project, or to provide technical
assistance to assist local transit providers, area agencies on aging, senior
centers, and local senior support groups, to encourage and facilitate
coordination of Federal, State, and local transportation services and resources
for older individuals. The organization may use the funds to develop and carry
out an innovative transportation demonstration project to create transportation
services for older individuals.
(2)In carrying out a demonstration project or providing
technical assistance under paragraph (1) the organization may carry out
activities that include—
(A)developing
innovative approaches for improving access by older individuals to
transportation services, including volunteer driver programs, economically
sustainable transportation programs, and programs that allow older individuals
to transfer their automobiles to a provider of transportation services in
exchange for the services;
(B)preparing
information on transportation options and resources for older individuals and
organizations serving such individuals, and disseminating the information by
establishing and operating a toll-free telephone number;
(C)developing models
and best practices for providing comprehensive integrated transportation
services for older individuals, including services administered by the
Secretary of Transportation, by providing ongoing technical assistance to
agencies providing services under title III and by assisting in coordination of
public and community transportation services; and
(D)providing special
services to link older individuals to transportation services not provided
under title III.
(c)Economically
sustainable transportationIn this section, the term
economically sustainable transportation means demand responsive
transportation for older individuals—
(1)that may be
provided through volunteers; and
(2)that the provider
will provide without receiving Federal or other public financial assistance,
after a period of not more than 5 years of providing the services under this
section.
.
406.Demonstration,
support, and research projects for multigenerational activities and civic
engagement activitiesSection
417 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032f) is amended to read as
follows:
417.Demonstration,
support, and research projects for multigenerational and civic engagement
activities
(a)The Assistant Secretary shall award grants and enter
into contracts with eligible organizations to carry out projects to—
(1)provide
opportunities for older individuals to participate in multigenerational
activities and civic engagement activities designed to meet critical community
needs, and use the full range of time, skills, and experience of older
individuals, including demonstration and support projects that—
(A)provide support
for grandparents and other older individuals who are relative caregivers
raising children (such as kinship navigator programs); or
(B)involve
volunteers who are older individuals who provide support and information to
families who have a child with a disability or chronic illness, or other
families in need of such family support; and
(2)coordinate
multigenerational activities and civic engagement activities, promote
volunteerism, and facilitate development of and participation in
multigenerational activities and civic engagement activities.
(b)An eligible organization shall use funds made available
under a grant awarded, or a contract entered into, under this section
to—
(1)carry out a
project described in subsection (a); and
(2)evaluate the
project in accordance with subsection (f).
(c)In
awarding grants and entering into contracts to carry out a project described in
subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall give preference to—
(1)eligible
organizations with a demonstrated record of carrying out multigenerational
activities or civic engagement activities;
(2)eligible
organizations proposing multigenerational activity projects that will serve
older individuals and communities with the greatest need (with particular
attention to low-income minority individuals, older individuals with limited
English proficiency, older individuals residing in rural areas, and low-income
minority communities);
(3)eligible
organizations proposing civic engagement projects that will serve communities
with the greatest need; and
(4)eligible
organizations with the capacity to develop meaningful roles and assignments
that use the time, skills, and experience of older individuals to serve public
and nonprofit organizations.
(d)To
be eligible to receive a grant or enter into a contract under subsection (a),
an organization shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Assistant
Secretary may reasonably require.
(e)Organizations eligible to receive a grant or enter
into a contract under subsection (a)—
(1)to carry out
activities described in subsection (a)(1), shall be organizations that provide
opportunities for older individuals to participate in activities described in
subsection (a)(1); and
(2)to carry out
activities described in subsection (a)(2), shall be organizations with the
capacity to conduct the coordination, promotion, and facilitation described in
subsection (a)(2), through the use of multigenerational coordinators.
(f)Local
evaluation and report
(1)Each
organization receiving a grant or a contract under subsection (a) to carry out
a project described in subsection (a) shall evaluate the multigenerational
activities or civic engagement activities carried out under the project to
determine—
(A)the effectiveness
of the activities involved;
(B)the impact of
such activities on the community being served and the organization providing
the activities; and
(C)the impact of
such activities on older individuals involved in such project.
(2)The
organization shall submit a report to the Assistant Secretary containing the
evaluation not later than 6 months after the expiration of the period for which
the grant or contract is in effect.
(g)Not later than 6 months after the Assistant Secretary
receives the reports described in subsection (f)(2), the Assistant Secretary
shall prepare and submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President pro tempore of the Senate a report that assesses the evaluations and
includes, at a minimum—
(1)the names or
descriptive titles of the projects funded under subsection (a);
(2)a description of
the nature and operation of the projects;
(3)the names and
addresses of organizations that conducted the projects;
(4)in the case of
projects carried out under subsection (a)(1), a description of the methods and
success of the projects in recruiting older individuals as employees and as
volunteers to participate in the projects;
(5)in the case of
projects carried out under subsection (a)(1), a description of the success of
the projects in retaining older individuals participating in the projects as
employees and as volunteers;
(6)in the case of
projects carried out under subsection (a)(1), the rate of turnover of older
individual employees and volunteers in the projects;
(7)a strategy for
disseminating the findings resulting from the projects described in paragraph
(1); and
(8)any policy change
recommendations relating to the projects.
(h)As
used in this section:
(1)Multigenerational
activityThe term multigenerational activity means
an activity that provides an opportunity for interaction between 2 or more
individuals of different generations, including activities connecting older
individuals and youth in a child care program, a youth day care program, an
educational assistance program, an at-risk youth intervention program, a
juvenile delinquency treatment program, a before- or after-school program, a
library program, or a family support program.
(2)Multigenerational
coordinatorThe term multigenerational coordinator
means a person who—
(A)builds the
capacity of public and nonprofit organizations to develop meaningful roles and
assignments, that use the time, skill, and experience of older individuals to
serve those organizations; and
(B)nurtures
productive, sustainable working relationships between—
(i)individuals from
the generations with older individuals; and
(ii)individuals in younger
generations.
.
407.Section
418(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3032g(a)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by inserting (including mental
health)
after health
.
408.Multidisciplinary
centers and multidisciplinary systemsSection 419 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032h) is amended—
(1)by striking the
title and inserting the following:
419.Multidisciplinary
centers and multidisciplinary
systems
;
(2)(A)in subsection (b)(2),
by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii),
respectively;
(B)in subsection (c)(2), by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively;
and
(C)by aligning the margins of the clauses
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) with the margins of clause (iv) of
section 418(a)(2)(A) of such Act;
(3)(A)in subsection (b), by
redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B),
respectively;
(B)in subsection (c), by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
(C)by aligning the margins of the
subparagraphs described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) with the margins of
subparagraph (D) of section 420(a)(1) of such Act;
(4)in subsection
(a), by striking (a)
and all that follows through
The
and inserting the following:
(a)Multidisciplinary
centers
(1)The
;
(5)in subsection
(b)—
(A)by striking the
following:
(b)
and inserting the
following:
(2)
;
and
(B)by striking
subsection (a)
each place it appears and inserting
paragraph (1)
;
(6)in subsection
(c)—
(A)by striking the
following:
(c)
and inserting the following:
(3)
;
(B)by striking
subsection (a)
and inserting paragraph
(1)
;
(C)by striking
such subsection
and inserting such
paragraph
;
(D)by striking
paragraph (1)
and inserting subparagraph (A)
;
and
(E)by striking
this section
and inserting this
subsection
;
(7)in subsection (a)
(as so redesignated)—
(A)in paragraph (1),
by inserting diverse populations of older individuals residing in urban
communities,
after minority populations,
;
(B)in paragraph
(2)(B)—
(C)(i)in clause (v), by
inserting , including information about best practices in long-term care
service delivery, housing, and transportation
before the semicolon at
the end;
(ii)in clause (vi)—
(I)by striking consultation
and
;
(II)by inserting and other technical
assistance
after information
; and
(III)by striking and
at the
end;
(iii)in clause (vii), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
(iv)by adding at the end the
following:
(viii)provide
training and technical assistance to support the provision of community-based
mental health services for older
individuals.
;
and
(8)by adding at the
end the following:
(b)
Multidisciplinary health services in communities
(1)The Assistant Secretary shall make grants to States,
on a competitive basis, for the development and operation of—
(A)systems for the
delivery of mental health screening and treatment services for older
individuals who lack access to such services; and
(B)programs
to—
(i)increase public
awareness regarding the benefits of prevention and treatment of mental
disorders in older individuals;
(ii)reduce the
stigma associated with mental disorders in older individuals and other barriers
to the diagnosis and treatment of the disorders; and
(iii)reduce
age-related prejudice and discrimination regarding mental disorders in older
individuals.
(2)To
be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection for a State, a State
agency shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may
require.
(3)State
allocation and prioritiesA State agency that receives funds
through a grant made under this subsection shall allocate the funds to area
agencies on aging to carry out this subsection in planning and service areas in
the State. In allocating the funds, the State agency shall give priority to
planning and service areas in the State—
(A)that are
medically underserved; and
(B)in which there
are large numbers of older individuals.
(4)Area
coordination of services with other providersIn carrying out
this subsection, to more efficiently and effectively deliver services to older
individuals, each area agency on aging shall—
(A)coordinate
services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) with such
services or similar or related services of other community agencies, and
voluntary organizations; and
(B)to the greatest
extent practicable, integrate outreach and educational activities with such
activities of existing (as of the date of the integration) social service and
health care (including mental health) providers serving older individuals in
the planning and service area involved.
(5)Relationship to
other funding sourcesFunds made available under this subsection
shall supplement, and not supplant, any Federal, State, and local funds
expended by a State or unit of general purpose local government (including an
area agency on aging) to provide the services described in subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph (1).
(6)In
this subsection, the term mental health screening and treatment
services means patient screening, diagnostic services, care planning and
oversight, therapeutic interventions, and referrals, that are—
(A)provided pursuant
to evidence-based intervention and treatment protocols (to the extent such
protocols are available) for mental disorders prevalent in older individuals;
and
(B)coordinated and
integrated with the services of social service and health care (including
mental health) providers in an area in order to—
(i)improve patient
outcomes; and
(ii)ensure, to the maximum extent feasible, the
continuing independence of older individuals who are residing in the
area.
.
409.Community
innovations for aging in placePart A of title IV of the Older Americans
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3031 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
422. Community
innovations for aging in place
(a)In
this section:
(1)The term eligible entity—
(A)means a nonprofit
health or social service organization, a community-based nonprofit
organization, an area agency on aging or other local government agency, a
tribal organization, or another entity that—
(i)the Assistant
Secretary determines to be appropriate to carry out a project under this part;
and
(ii)demonstrates a
record of, and experience in, providing or administering group and individual
health and social services for older individuals; and
(B)does not include
an entity providing housing under the congregate housing services program
carried out under section 802 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8011) or the multifamily service coordinator program
carried out under section 202(g) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(g)).
(2)Naturally
occurring retirement communityThe term Naturally Occurring
Retirement Community means a community with a concentrated population of
older individuals, which may include a residential building, a housing complex,
an area (including a rural area) of single family residences, or a neighborhood
composed of age-integrated housing—
(A)where—
(i)40 percent of the
heads of households are older individuals; or
(ii)a critical mass
of older individuals exists, based on local factors that, taken in total, allow
an organization to achieve efficiencies in the provision of health and social
services to older individuals living in the community; and
(B)that is not an
institutional care or assisted living setting.
(b)
(1)The Assistant Secretary shall make grants, on a
competitive basis, to eligible entities to develop and carry out model aging in
place projects. The projects shall promote aging in place for older individuals
(including such individuals who reside in Naturally Occurring Retirement
Communities), in order to sustain the independence of older individuals. A
recipient of a grant under this subsection shall identify innovative strategies
for providing, and linking older individuals to programs and services that
provide, comprehensive and coordinated health and social services to sustain
the quality of life of older individuals and support aging in place.
(2)The Assistant Secretary shall make the grants for periods
of 3 years.
(c)
(1)To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (b)
for a project, an entity shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Assistant
Secretary may require.
(2)The
application shall include—
(A)a detailed
description of the entity's experience in providing services to older
individuals in age-integrated settings;
(B)a definition of
the contiguous service area and a description of the project area in which the
older individuals reside or carry out activities to sustain their
well-being;
(C)the results of a
needs assessment that identifies—
(i)existing (as of
the date of the assessment) community-based health and social services
available to individuals residing in the project area;
(ii)the strengths
and gaps of such existing services in the project area;
(iii)the needs of
older individuals who reside in the project area; and
(iv)services not
being delivered that would promote aging in place and contribute to the
well-being of older individuals residing in the project area;
(D)a plan for the
development and implementation of an innovative model for service coordination
and delivery within the project area;
(E)a description of
how the plan described in subparagraph (D) will enhance existing services
described in subparagraph (C)(i) and support the goal of this section to
promote aging in place;
(F)a description of
proposed actions by the entity to prevent the duplication of services funded
under a provision of this Act, other than this section, and a description of
how the entity will cooperate, and coordinate planning and services (including
any formal agreements), with agencies and organizations that provide publicly
supported services for older individuals in the project area, including the
State agency and area agencies on aging with planning and service areas in the
project area;
(G)an assurance that
the entity will seek to establish cooperative relationships with interested
local entities, including private agencies and businesses that provide health
and social services, housing entities, community development organizations,
philanthropic organizations, foundations, and other non-Federal
entities;
(H)a description of
the entity's protocol for referral of residents who may require long-term care
services, including coordination with local agencies, including area agencies
on aging and Aging and Disability Resource Centers that serve as single points
of entry to public services;
(I)a description of
how the entity will offer opportunities for older individuals to be involved in
the governance, oversight, and operation of the project;
(J)an assurance that
the entity will submit to the Assistant Secretary such evaluations and reports
as the Assistant Secretary may require; and
(K)a plan for
long-term sustainability of the project.
(d)
(1)An eligible entity that receives a grant under subsection
(b) shall use the funds made available through the grant to—
(A)ensure access by
older individuals in the project area to community-based health and social
services consisting of—
(i)case management,
case assistance, and social work services;
(ii)health care
management and health care assistance, including disease prevention and health
promotion services;
(iii)education,
socialization, and recreational activities; and
(iv)volunteer
opportunities for project participants;
(B)conduct outreach
to older individuals within the project area; and
(C)develop and
implement innovative, comprehensive, and cost-effective approaches for the
delivery and coordination of community-based health and social services,
including those identified in subparagraph (A)(iv), which may include mental
health services, for eligible older individuals.
(2)An
eligible entity receiving a grant under subsection (b) for a project shall
coordinate activities with organizations providing services funded under title
III to support such services for or facilitate the delivery of such services to
eligible older individuals served by the project.
(3)In
carrying out an aging in place project, an eligible entity shall, to the extent
practicable, serve a community of low-income individuals and operate or locate
the project and services in or in close proximity to a location where a large
concentration of older individuals has aged in place and resided, such as a
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community.
(4)Funds made available to an eligible entity under
subsection (b) shall be used to supplement, not supplant, any Federal, State,
or other funds otherwise available to the entity to provide health and social
services to eligible older individuals.
(e)Competitive
grants for technical assistance
(1)The
Assistant Secretary shall (or shall make a grant, on a competitive basis, to an
eligible nonprofit organization, to enable the organization to)—
(A)provide technical
assistance to recipients of grants under subsection (b); and
(B)carry out other
duties, as determined by the Assistant Secretary.
(2)To be eligible to receive a grant under this
subsection, an organization shall be a nonprofit organization (including a
partnership of nonprofit organizations), that—
(A)has experience
and expertise in providing technical assistance to a range of entities serving
older individuals and experience evaluating and reporting on programs;
and
(B)has demonstrated
knowledge of and expertise in community-based health and social
services.
(3)To
be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an organization
(including a partnership of nonprofit organizations) shall submit an
application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may require, including
an assurance that the organization will submit to the Assistant Secretary such
evaluations and reports as the Assistant Secretary may require.
(f)The
Assistant Secretary shall annually prepare and submit a report to Congress that
shall include—
(1)the findings
resulting from the evaluations of the model projects conducted under this
section;
(2)a description of
recommended best practices regarding carrying out health and social service
projects for older individuals aging in place; and
(3)recommendations
for legislative or administrative action, as the Assistant Secretary determines
appropriate.
.
410.Responsibilities
of Assistant SecretarySection
432(c)(2)(B) of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3033a(c)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting ,
including preparing an analysis of such services, projects, and programs, and
of how the evaluation relates to improvements in such services, projects, and
programs and in the strategic plan of the Administration
before the
period at the end.
<enum>V</enum><header>Older American
community service employment program</header>
<section id="id42EAB27967974BFAB4E6DB63FE90D661"><enum>501.</enum><header>Community
Service Senior Opportunities Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3056">42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id4A9CB4FCA0E049CC946C48D57D42085E" style="OLC">
<title id="idFA924BCD66624022848AEC1286F75C78"><enum>V</enum><header>Community Service
Senior Opportunities Act</header>
<section id="ID9d994ae8823f4e619ffd4b218fbfd9ae"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Community Service Senior
Opportunities Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID53ce6a1e3de0414a8818eca2b88e33f7"><enum>502.</enum><header>Older American
community service employment program</header>
<subsection id="IDb5d62bcfa10645a19823cc669caf32bf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="idBB938658F0154FE5BB931D4474BEDE17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment
of program</header><text>To foster individual economic self-sufficiency and
promote useful opportunities in community service activities (which shall
include community service employment) for unemployed low-income persons who are
age 55 or older, particularly persons who have poor employment prospects, and
to increase the number of persons who may enjoy the benefits of unsubsidized
employment in both the public and private sectors, the Secretary of Labor
(referred to in this title as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) may establish an
older American community service employment program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id181AFB86E7D749F39C2642932FB7EEF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
appropriated amounts</header><text>Amounts appropriated to carry out this title
shall be used only to carry out the provisions contained in this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8899e6368f2d43ffa2c92c2d0a0efe12"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant
authority</header>
<paragraph id="idC73E17B845164395A79A7AD8255E7600"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>To
carry out this title, the Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit
private agencies and organizations, agencies of a State, and tribal
organizations to carry out the program established under subsection (a). Such
grants may provide for the payment of costs, as provided in subsection (c), of
projects developed by such organizations and agencies in cooperation with the
Secretary in order to make such program effective or to supplement such
program. The Secretary shall make the grants from allotments made under section
506, and in accordance with section 514. No payment shall be made by the
Secretary toward the cost of any project established or administered by such an
organization or agency unless the Secretary determines that such
project—</text>
<subparagraph id="id51AA3F9BAF3342999C35E8AF9F0F5932"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will provide
community service employment only for eligible individuals except for necessary
technical, administrative, and supervisory personnel, and such personnel will,
to the fullest extent possible, be recruited from among eligible
individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5FD8E44FA00F46DC91DDA8676BAE631E"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id260D3076916F4FD398A70A29B595E37C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will provide community
service employment and other authorized activities for eligible individuals in
the community in which such individuals reside, or in nearby communities;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="idED5048C905834A76B7AB799E90DEB6A5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if such project is carried out by
a tribal organization that receives a grant under this subsection or receives
assistance from a State that receives a grant under this subsection, will
provide community service employment and other authorized activities for such
individuals, including those who are Indians residing on an Indian reservation,
as defined in section 2601 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C.
3501);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD1C2518F5BE74BD6A6F10A1BCE1D9F0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will comply with
an average participation cap for eligible individuals (in the aggregate)
of—</text>
<clause id="idCB24B0F3359D479FAD57211EEB3B6FCA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>27 months;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="id8C36CB9E57A541EBA56363C19FE3C880"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pursuant to the
request of a grantee, an extended period of participation established by the
Secretary for a specific project area for such grantee, up to a period of not
more than 36 months, if the Secretary determines that extenuating circumstances
exist relating to the factors identified in section 513(a)(2)(D) that justify
such an extended period for the program year involved;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7BEF5E27A6AB408498EAAD0A8B36B03F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>will employ
eligible individuals in service related to publicly owned and operated
facilities and projects, or projects sponsored by nonprofit organizations
(excluding political parties exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), but excluding projects involving the
construction, operation, or maintenance of any facility used or to be used as a
place for sectarian religious instruction or worship;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE0EBABC504F4EC78208E2502EE56D8D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>will contribute
to the general welfare of the community, which may include support for
children, youth, and families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA83C5E3706344B63B1DC46ED31686D5B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>will provide
community service employment and other authorized activities for eligible
individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF5E6960C4B644BD6B66BD820CB8BCA24"><enum>(G)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idEC6A75CC590F42B4A5F11C4DA8982C27"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will not reduce the
number of employment opportunities or vacancies that would otherwise be
available to individuals not participating in the program;</text>
</clause><clause id="idBEFCF43FF84E4C1394C1115A9F1F1FA1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will not displace currently
employed workers (including partial displacement, such as a reduction in the
hours of nonovertime work, wages, or employment benefits);</text>
</clause><clause id="id7B2E168A049C45B5893570D4B95188DD" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>will not impair existing
contracts or result in the substitution of Federal funds for other funds in
connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id15A55CFDC9CD404EBA8804FF1B600D8C" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>will not employ or continue to
employ any eligible individual to perform the same work or substantially the
same work as that performed by any other individual who is on layoff;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49279C84E3184724878F49633D8D81B6"><enum>(H)</enum><text>will coordinate
activities with training and other services provided under title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>), including utilizing
the one-stop delivery system of the local workforce investment areas involved
to recruit eligible individuals to ensure that the maximum number of eligible
individuals will have an opportunity to participate in the project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id13396A5F3CA4420C93DAE72FA2112CC5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>will include such
training (such as work experience, on-the-job training, and classroom training)
as may be necessary to make the most effective use of the skills and talents of
those individuals who are participating, and will provide for the payment of
the reasonable expenses of individuals being trained, including a reasonable
subsistence allowance equivalent to the wage described in subparagraph
(J);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81253E6F7E2D4923BAE67C071984DDBB"><enum>(J)</enum><text>will ensure that
safe and healthy employment conditions will be provided, and will ensure that
participants employed in community service and other jobs assisted under this
title will be paid wages that shall not be lower than whichever is the highest
of—</text>
<clause id="idF4AA06E18BC54D4EA107CD945B830525"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the minimum wage
that would be applicable to such a participant under the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/201">29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.</external-xref>), if section 6(a)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C.
206(a)(1)) applied to the participant and if the participant were not exempt
under section 13 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/213">29 U.S.C. 213</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbc3276d24c9c4c6fa0bfd3ca9e950ee8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State or
local minimum wage for the most nearly comparable covered employment; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf30f9e65eb23463d9599b3ed2d4d91b5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the prevailing
rates of pay for individuals employed in similar public occupations by the same
employer;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id740FCCD1E6D14B0A991124271E12C9B9"><enum>(K)</enum><text>will be
established or administered with the advice of persons competent in the field
of service in which community service employment or other authorized activities
are being provided, and of persons who are knowledgeable about the needs of
older individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id549B2297BE8C4E748F2DA621FBD91939"><enum>(L)</enum><text>will authorize
payment for necessary supportive services costs (including transportation
costs) of eligible individuals that may be incurred in training in any project
funded under this title, in accordance with rules issued by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA180B06D28D446AEB465BC5789B44A04"><enum>(M)</enum><text>will ensure that,
to the extent feasible, such project will serve the needs of minority and
Indian eligible individuals, eligible individuals with limited English
proficiency, and eligible individuals with greatest economic need, at least in
proportion to their numbers in the area served and take into consideration
their rates of poverty and unemployment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB145287747CE48C99A3CA4290696C916"><enum>(N)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCDF171BEEAE04FF19395D38414627A2F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will prepare an
assessment of the participants' skills and talents and their needs for
services, except to the extent such project has, for the participant involved,
recently prepared an assessment of such skills and talents, and such needs,
pursuant to another employment or training program (such as a program under the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>), the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2301">20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.</external-xref>), or part A
of title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>)) and will
prepare a related service strategy;</text>
</clause><clause id="id40A490F0911F48BCB0112A97F3A223A6" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will provide training and
employment counseling to eligible individuals based on strategies that identify
appropriate employment objectives and the need for supportive services,
developed as a result of the assessment and service strategy provided for in
clause (i), and provide other appropriate information regarding such project;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0F24268A5079447D9FA45A573DD4585B" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>will provide counseling to
participants on their progress in meeting such objectives and satisfying their
need for supportive services;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6EEECD58B3C24615B98D1D75D58C1839"><enum>(O)</enum><text>will provide
appropriate services for participants, or refer the participants to appropriate
services, through the one-stop delivery system of the local workforce
investment areas involved as established under section 134(c) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2864">29 U.S.C. 2864(c)</external-xref>), and will be involved in the
planning and operations of such system pursuant to a memorandum of
understanding with the local workforce investment board in accordance with
section 121(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2841">29 U.S.C. 2841(c)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D18F140C26D4320890FA5180BEBB6BD"><enum>(P)</enum><text>will post in such
project workplace a notice, and will make available to each person associated
with such project a written explanation—</text>
<clause id="idB8C187A1F81A4C219CA07943EC8C8371"><enum>(i)</enum><text>clarifying the
law with respect to political activities allowable and unallowable under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/15">chapter 15</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, applicable to the project and to
each category of individuals associated with such project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBFE578B906B24FC18733D96A1258B7FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>containing the
address and telephone number of the Inspector General of the Department of
Labor, to whom questions regarding the application of such chapter may be
addressed;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E424AE6ED454EA68518A55821CEE9D6"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>will provide to
the Secretary the description and information described in—</text>
<clause id="id633D36BAF73A44529E998E7152F237D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>paragraph (8),
relating to coordination with other Federal programs, of section 112(b) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2822">29 U.S.C. 2822(b)</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id14FF7EF5E74645958019A2AB9EE93A66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paragraph (14),
relating to implementation of one-stop delivery systems, of section 112(b) of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03F125D9D9784051B63B13C4BEE8F0DA"><enum>(R)</enum><text>will ensure that
entities that carry out activities under the project (including State agencies,
local entities, subgrantees, and subcontractors) and affiliates of such
entities receive an amount of the administrative cost allocation determined by
the Secretary, in consultation with grantees, to be sufficient.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA52C71A88EC543A1991257475E6C7F68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary may establish, issue, and amend such regulations as may be necessary
to effectively carry out this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0DA10EA6425D42A98640788E3106B029"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assessment and
service strategies</header>
<subparagraph id="id35DBF6B90FD04D039FE0B7DA11172610"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prepared under
this Act</header><text>An assessment and service strategy required by paragraph
(1)(N) to be prepared for an eligible individual shall satisfy any condition
for an assessment and service strategy or individual employment plan for an
adult participant under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2811">29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.</external-xref>), in order to determine whether such eligible
individual also qualifies for intensive or training services described in
section 134(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2864">29 U.S.C. 2864(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE8CCBF0C73CA45E1AB2F2EE7FCA4148E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prepared under
Workforce Investment Act of 1998</header><text>An assessment and service
strategy or individual employment plan prepared under subtitle B of title I of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2811">29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.</external-xref>) for an eligible
individual may be used to comply with the requirement specified in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id50CF061442DE467DA1EBB6F2C2A6ACA6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal share
and use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="idA31D180F8220421D9FB34A65B19A0467"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Secretary may pay a Federal share not to exceed 90
percent of the cost of any project for which a grant is made under subsection
(b), except that the Secretary may pay all of such cost if such project
is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id50A6026F69CA4A06833419E75CB3699B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an emergency or
disaster project; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBAA1807E60F24596B1AF39445397E780"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a project located
in an economically depressed area, as determined by the Secretary in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id875505380B0645EABBB095CF92258A16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-federal
share</header><text>The non-Federal share shall be in cash or in kind. In
determining the amount of the non-Federal share, the Secretary may attribute
fair market value to services and facilities contributed from non-Federal
sources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCAA3D83BFE774431B18C2023CD7AE865"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds
for administrative costs</header><text>Of the grant amount to be paid under
this subsection by the Secretary for a project, not to exceed 13.5 percent
shall be available for any fiscal year to pay the administrative costs of such
project, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9342FA8860D54248A5D36289789F5C02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary may
increase the amount available to pay the administrative costs to an amount not
to exceed 15 percent of the grant amount if the Secretary determines, based on
information submitted by the grantee under subsection (b), that such increase
is necessary to carry out such project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22BA8A16EBA6403CA7E4D14DDF67CC5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the grantee
under subsection (b) demonstrates to the Secretary that—</text>
<clause id="id91809E1C3509438A903040705D53299D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>major
administrative cost increases are being incurred in necessary program
components, including liability insurance, payments for workers' compensation,
costs associated with achieving unsubsidized placement goals, and costs
associated with other operation requirements imposed by the Secretary;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF44EA029EED94EA59D12DB0451890F6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
community service employment positions in the project or the number of minority
eligible individuals participating in the project will decline if the amount
available to pay the administrative costs is not increased; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idC713AD7CECD74D439D0409FE0EF32179"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the size of the
project is so small that the amount of administrative costs incurred to carry
out the project necessarily exceeds 13.5 percent of the grant amount;</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">the
Secretary shall increase the amount available for such fiscal year to pay the
administrative costs to an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the grant
amount.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf174689ce2fc409396026cc8f49309c1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text>For purposes of this title, administrative costs are the
costs, both personnel-related and nonpersonnel-related and both direct and
indirect, associated with the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idE2C1A9CC4DFE4B8D92D2A85FD6D676FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The costs of
performing general administrative functions and of providing for the
coordination of functions, such as the costs of—</text>
<clause id="idCCE3E8DBBF5F42C7931D84FD1629F7DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accounting,
budgeting, and financial and cash management;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6A8D9CFA0CF0493FB389459EC7593400"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>procurement and
purchasing;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF1829C4A389147728913446A9080168E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>property
management;</text>
</clause><clause id="id5D5A5A005DD34D37B0E6B7D3D7CBE072"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>personnel
management;</text>
</clause><clause id="idDF504FBE879843E5A2018471250AD0E6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>payroll
functions;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC8C25E9C249F43DE845630E084D5E5F3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>coordinating the
resolution of findings arising from audits, reviews, investigations, and
incident reports;</text>
</clause><clause id="id13E8F71506764B4284B9D87EB819235E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>audits;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8047A08BD249422399DE7D16B7884BD5"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>general legal
services;</text>
</clause><clause id="id7CACC887F22247FFAE919D07ADD30622"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>developing
systems and procedures, including information systems, required for
administrative functions;</text>
</clause><clause id="idBD90AACBAE754D56A4F8C950FA2A7CF8"><enum>(x)</enum><text>preparing
administrative reports; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idABC9640B323349BB9869FE4660E9D279"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>other activities
necessary for the general administration of government funds and associated
programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5687C3EE5EC248EDB5DEF6782FD7AEC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The costs of
performing oversight and monitoring responsibilities related to administrative
functions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB61448B08FE244DCA5F2409AD65F6C7C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The costs of
goods and services required for administrative functions of the project
involved, including goods and services such as rental or purchase of equipment,
utilities, office supplies, postage, and rental and maintenance of office
space.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4D4201924ED74E9FAA8708EB9ED5AE3E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The travel costs
incurred for official business in carrying out administrative activities or
overall management.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60DFAA5CCD434F0B9BB29CAA44EE8D88"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The costs of
information systems related to administrative functions (such as personnel,
procurement, purchasing, property management, accounting, and payroll systems),
including the purchase, systems development, and operating costs of such
systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4C6AAE8BDE254EB1AAEAF24E7CDECDE2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The costs of
technical assistance, professional organization membership dues, and evaluating
results obtained by the project involved against stated objectives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B284297D71745A69EBF29C42E88B1D5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Non-federal
share of administrative costs</header><text>To the extent practicable, an
entity that carries out a project under this title shall provide for the
payment of the expenses described in paragraph (4) from non-Federal
sources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B2B6C3D6D9041E08155D61A5D0EDD2F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of funds
for wages and benefits and programmatic activity costs</header>
<subparagraph id="id119E5E9B69FB44BE9721A1BAC6EE91B1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts made available for a project under this title
that are not used to pay for the administrative costs shall be used to pay for
the costs of programmatic activities, including the costs of—</text>
<clause id="id9BED27196A7C412A81FCC9D9057A1BEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>participant
wages, such benefits as are required by law (such as workers' compensation or
unemployment compensation), the costs of physical examinations, compensation
for scheduled work hours during which an employer's business is closed for a
Federal holiday, and necessary sick leave that is not part of an accumulated
sick leave program, except that no amounts provided under this title may be
used to pay the cost of pension benefits, annual leave, accumulated sick leave,
or bonuses;</text>
</clause><clause id="id67F6D5314F5645F087C96D71AE863380"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>participant
training (including the payment of reasonable costs of instructors, classroom
rental, training supplies, materials, equipment, and tuition), which may be
provided prior to or subsequent to placement and which may be provided on the
job, in a classroom setting, or pursuant to other appropriate
arrangements;</text>
</clause><clause id="idAFE84C79478B48529538F8F307A0AFF6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>job placement
assistance, including job development and job search assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="id67C84F5E84464F0C9536AC44F1BFE47C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>participant
supportive services to enable a participant to successfully participate in a
project under this title, which may include the payment of reasonable costs of
transportation, health and medical services, special job-related or personal
counseling, incidentals (such as work shoes, badges, uniforms, eyeglasses, and
tools), child and adult care, temporary shelter, and follow-up services;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id31A72481C6544E0CB68DE2DDAC113F7C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>outreach,
recruitment and selection, intake, orientation, and assessments.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id28BCE782177A4C5E82F12A4C62753F62"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of funds
for wages and benefits</header><text>From the funds made available through a
grant made under subsection (b), a grantee under this title—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idFF16BC50ADA94F28BB17D7DFB0839D3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>except as
provided in clause (ii), shall use not less than 75 percent of the grant funds
to pay the wages, benefits, and other costs described in subparagraph (A)(i)
for eligible individuals who are employed under projects carried out under this
title; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id2FCC9DFCAE7B43E48A9665C9B7866A13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that obtains
approval for a request described in subparagraph (C) may use not less than 65
percent of the grant funds to pay the wages, benefits, and other costs
described in subparagraph (A)(i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idCB9F2E01B15B45EFA2E9256E38AD2E30"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Request to use
additional funds for programmatic activity costs</header>
<clause commented="no" id="idA8D96B9AF0BD437E9E1018ADB2B3C6CF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A grantee may submit to the Secretary a request for
approval—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id09A82882D1A744A39F15B5967B3CA859"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to use not less
than 65 percent of the grant funds to pay the wages, benefits, and other costs
described in subparagraph (A)(i);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id17DE7B0F146F42D7869108767F6BC39C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to use the
percentage of grant funds described in paragraph (3) to pay for administrative
costs, as specified in that paragraph;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id5F2AFAC2A05449DBB50983EB08AB7206"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to use not more
than 10 percent of the grant funds for individual participants to provide
activities described in clauses (ii) and (iv) of subparagraph (A), in which
case the grantee shall provide (from the funds described in this subclause) the
subsistence allowance described in subsection (b)(1)(I) for those individual
participants who are receiving training described in that subsection from the
funds described in this subclause, but may not use the funds described in this
subclause to pay for any administrative costs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id8D49E335200E4E518C938C4AFFB348AA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to use the
remaining grant funds to provide activities described in clauses (ii) through
(v) of subparagraph (A).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id182595BD6D394637B5654153720DDB71"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
submitting the request the grantee shall include in the request—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id010EC67DDE704F0195E02BF610D8936A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a description of
the activities for which the grantee will spend the grant funds described in
subclauses (III) and (IV) of clause (i), consistent with those
subclauses;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id2B5E2FAECF204C1580E27AA6C905EB3B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an explanation
documenting how the provision of such activities will improve the effectiveness
of the project, including an explanation concerning whether any displacement of
eligible individuals or elimination of positions for such individuals will
occur, information on the number of such individuals to be displaced and of
such positions to be eliminated, and an explanation concerning how the
activities will improve employment outcomes for individuals served, based on
the assessment conducted under subsection (b)(1)(N); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idEAE1E3147CD1423FA2079292D440973D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a proposed
budget and work plan for the activities, including a detailed description of
the funds to be spent on the activities described in subclauses (III) and (IV)
of clause (i).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id11E4365BAFFB4D328C4FBC3640046C59"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The
grantee shall submit a request described in clause (i) not later than 90 days
before the proposed date of implementation contained in the request. Not later
than 30 days before the proposed date of implementation, the Secretary shall
approve, approve as modified, or reject the request, on the basis of the
information included in the request as described in clause (ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE503B47E4BD549FCAC1CAC00A4C863BD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each
grantee under subsection (b) shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary
a report documenting the grantee's use of funds for activities described in
clauses (i) through (v) of subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID065ff2d0fa154c12823a5bd4c74267d2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Project
description</header><text>Whenever a grantee conducts a project within a
planning and service area in a State, such grantee shall conduct such project
in consultation with the area agency on aging of the planning and service area
and shall submit to the State agency and the area agency on aging a description
of such project to be conducted in the State, including the location of the
project, 90 days prior to undertaking the project, for review and public
comment according to guidelines the Secretary shall issue to assure efficient
and effective coordination of projects under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7938ba23e660492ab73bc648fa987d4b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pilot,
demonstration, and evaluation projects</header>
<paragraph id="id66B588DCC45744F69FB2900A6951B895"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, in addition to exercising any other
authority contained in this title, shall use funds reserved under section
506(a)(1) to carry out demonstration projects, pilot projects, and evaluation
projects, for the purpose of developing and implementing techniques and
approaches, and demonstrating the effectiveness of the techniques and
approaches, in addressing the employment and training needs of eligible
individuals. The Secretary shall enter into such agreements with States, public
agencies, nonprofit private organizations, or private business concerns, as may
be necessary, to conduct the projects authorized by this subsection. To the
extent practicable, the Secretary shall provide an opportunity, prior to the
development of a demonstration or pilot project, for the appropriate area
agency on aging to submit comments on such a project in order to ensure
coordination of activities under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB776F00F42D942A4B4813616ACC52D05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>Such
projects may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDcd39aabe3b024cafb10911d35a7ea5f6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>activities
linking businesses and eligible individuals, including activities providing
assistance to participants transitioning from subsidized activities to private
sector employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaf463b843fda4aa9937cacbcf7e43fe5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstration
projects and pilot projects designed to—</text>
<clause id="ID79a0451a5a274560abc1c27e158f1ea6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>attract more
eligible individuals into the labor force;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID742e7bf1f3534d06823144bcb7232056"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improve the
provision of services to eligible individuals under one-stop delivery systems
established under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2801 et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDae306ce5cdb140ffbdbf0ff9e963451f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enhance the
technological skills of eligible individuals; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcf1c6e1e81834a3f9962a5cf96b25e2a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide
incentives to grantees under this title for exemplary performance and
incentives to businesses to promote their participation in the program under
this title;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4baa1414d3724e0dbad7de5701b63f04"><enum>(C)</enum><text>demonstration
projects and pilot projects, as described in subparagraph (B), for workers who
are older individuals (but targeted to eligible individuals) only if such
demonstration projects and pilot projects are designed to assist in developing
and implementing techniques and approaches in addressing the employment and
training needs of eligible individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID13246056223d447f967d7bb640b155de"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provision of
training and technical assistance to support any project funded under this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe1d3fc26500840b0a4de70a0e9085618"><enum>(E)</enum><text>dissemination of
best practices relating to employment of eligible individuals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDce753ac14c624c4681575b8d9d8c5099"><enum>(F)</enum><text>evaluation of the
activities authorized under this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id920F4567DAC741598395040EC142EEE3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>To
the extent practicable, entities carrying out projects under this subsection
shall consult with appropriate area agencies on aging and with other
appropriate agencies and entities to promote coordination of activities under
this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID257b5f1809264c9e91d5b5c285f27521"><enum>503.</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subsection id="IDaf5066eafa91475488d18fd26e204a26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State
plan</header>
<paragraph id="ID7cdb567c41244e959641a9ffde3a2301"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Governor</header><text>For
a State to be eligible to receive an allotment under section 506, the Governor
of the State shall submit to the Secretary for consideration and approval, a
single State plan (referred to in this title as the <quote>State plan</quote>)
that outlines a 4-year strategy for the statewide provision of community
service employment and other authorized activities for eligible individuals
under this title. The plan shall contain such provisions as the Secretary may
require, consistent with this title, including a description of the process
used to ensure the participation of individuals described in paragraph (2). Not
less often than every 2 years, the Governor shall review the State plan and
submit an update to the State plan to the Secretary for consideration and
approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2e1bba184752439ea271ef3b6d06371b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In
developing the State plan prior to its submission to the Secretary, the
Governor shall seek the advice and recommendations of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb0a7c3657c3b4f16aa017e206890d79a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals
representing the State agency and the area agencies on aging in the State, and
the State and local workforce investment boards established under title I of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94dde7c02bcb40abadf1cd8e15f730c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>individuals
representing public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations providing
employment services, including each grantee operating a project under this
title in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID43a45024a0e348b6808ca8fae6efea7f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>individuals
representing social service organizations providing services to older
individuals, grantees under title III of this Act, affected communities,
unemployed older individuals, community-based organizations serving the needs
of older individuals, business organizations, and labor organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb92eb2c0c6f5495f982cedaeec3e4001"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Comments</header><text>Any
State plan submitted by the Governor in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be
accompanied by copies of public comments relating to the plan received pursuant
to paragraph (7), and a summary of the comments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3c2ad19fb1d1486ebc675356830ab4dc"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Plan
provisions</header><text>The State plan shall identify and address—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID52faf13a8846463ea86f9f88fe54acf3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the relationship
that the number of eligible individuals in each area bears to the total number
of eligible individuals, respectively, in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6901be5ebe214d4f895414332de5d078"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relative
distribution of eligible individuals residing in rural and urban areas in the
State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf5dab5cdf0d24d26916d29977366e953"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the relative
distribution of—</text>
<clause id="ID029711123b2547f8b81ae50720ad27ed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible
individuals who are individuals with greatest economic need;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID675c8b706d864bcbb55fefdd3cdb3d73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eligible
individuals who are minority individuals;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6B217394CB2A4473BF8EB81574E88EF9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>eligible
individuals who are limited English proficient; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID544f423b77144b40b84570a3cd92ca0d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>eligible
individuals who are individuals with greatest social need;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID401315ca84ab4a56927e06f0c53fb46f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the current and
projected employment opportunities in the State (such as by providing
information available under section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C.
49l–2) by occupation), and the type of skills possessed by local eligible
individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID559f493e5b60454baf2de0b10171bf08"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the localities
and populations for which projects of the type authorized by this title are
most needed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID87adc72592e1445a84332d80255d98db"><enum>(F)</enum><text>plans for
facilitating the coordination of activities of grantees in the State under this
title with activities carried out in the State under title I of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID99995e0c1bcf457a8e66642bcea61caf"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Governor’s
recommendations</header><text>Before a proposal for a grant under this title
for any fiscal year is submitted to the Secretary, the Governor of the State in
which projects are proposed to be conducted under such grant shall be afforded
a reasonable opportunity to submit to the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID466b7fd45f40415c91e2402a1d6985e9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recommendations
regarding the anticipated effect of each such proposal upon the overall
distribution of enrollment positions under this title in the State (including
such distribution among urban and rural areas), taking into account the total
number of positions to be provided by all grantees in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc20017e840894282b32d3fce3b893fb8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any
recommendations for redistribution of positions to underserved areas as
vacancies occur in previously encumbered positions in other areas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe837a48cb76e4b9fa899d968cbd30f2a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of
any increase in funding that may be available for use in the State under this
title for the fiscal year, any recommendations for distribution of newly
available positions in excess of those available during the preceding year to
underserved areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDedbb1e1df3b641a7b9a2e899e9a2e57b"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Disruptions</header><text>In
developing a plan or considering a recommendation under this subsection, the
Governor shall avoid disruptions in the provision of services for participants
to the greatest possible extent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5f0313ef8a68451baad90dc98d66e578"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Determination;
review</header>
<subparagraph id="ID64a76fd32f4e4422aa67a73fc9cf2f5b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>In
order to effectively carry out this title, each State shall make the State plan
available for public comment. The Secretary, in consultation with the Assistant
Secretary, shall review the plan and make a written determination with findings
and a decision regarding the plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID38c5afd7b2c14c76a0450fe4127d7eb3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The
Secretary may review, on the Secretary's own initiative or at the request of
any public or private agency or organization or of any agency of the State, the
distribution of projects and services under this title in the State, including
the distribution between urban and rural areas in the State. For each proposed
reallocation of projects or services in a State, the Secretary shall give
notice and opportunity for public comment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID32a0fdc04e21472ba13998f24c59ca59"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The
grantees that serve eligible individuals who are older Indians or Pacific
Island and Asian Americans with funds reserved under section 506(a)(3) may not
be required to participate in the State planning processes described in this
section but shall collaborate with the Secretary to develop a plan for projects
and services to eligible individuals who are Indians or Pacific Island and
Asian Americans, respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcafa96f29f4b42f9a3937e7e6851b13b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination
with other Federal programs</header>
<paragraph id="ID9eca9a74981a4b74b6d14cf8923cbb6e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary shall
coordinate the program carried out under this title with programs carried out
under other titles of this Act, to increase employment opportunities available
to older individuals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfe0cd6ca982246e3a7ab23c1b05b4700"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programs</header>
<subparagraph id="id5C2FAF0174134213AD997EF7121C78CB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate programs carried out under
this title with the program carried out under the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>), the Community Services Block Grant Act (42
U.S.C. 9901 et seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/701">29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.</external-xref>),
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301
et seq.), the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et
seq.), and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4950">42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.</external-xref>).
The Secretary shall coordinate the administration of this title with the
administration of other titles of this Act by the Assistant Secretary to
increase the likelihood that eligible individuals for whom employment
opportunities under this title are available and who need services under such
titles receive such services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28A0D241F4DE44A2B42B1B2FAB70E404"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<clause id="idC828E113372C4FFBBDD18FAFD254B5C7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Funds
appropriated to carry out this title may not be used to carry out any program
under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the Community Services Block Grant
Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act of 2006, the National and Community Service Act of 1990, or the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.</text>
</clause><clause id="id0021F4CD37664441A921322BB0CC545F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Joint
activities</header><text>Clause (i) shall not be construed to prohibit carrying
out projects under this title jointly with programs, projects, or activities
under any Act specified in clause (i), or from carrying out section 511.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID313fbd886ba742b5a0aee21aa1892316"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Informational
materials on age discrimination</header><text>The Secretary shall distribute to
grantees under this title, for distribution to program participants, and at no
cost to grantees or participants, informational materials developed and
supplied by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other appropriate
Federal agencies that the Secretary determines are designed to help
participants identify age discrimination and to understand their rights under
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8cdbf98f39a5432baf2b5b3b313f259e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
services, equipment, personnel, and facilities</header><text>In carrying out
this title, the Secretary may use the services, equipment, personnel, and
facilities of Federal and other agencies, with their consent, with or without
reimbursement, and on a similar basis cooperate with other public and nonprofit
private agencies and organizations in the use of services, equipment, and
facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID13ada209c89644599c9288590264dbae"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>Payments
under this title may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such
installments as the Secretary may determine.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6fc903e9b6624a48b317c6d74428b670"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No delegation
of functions</header><text>The Secretary shall not delegate any function of the
Secretary under this title to any other Federal officer or entity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDace7f4e222844d6a9aa10cc595d9b630"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compliance</header>
<paragraph id="id60F1382CC4B54FFBBCEF3D3A4373E3FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>The
Secretary shall monitor projects for which grants are made under this title to
determine whether the grantees are complying with rules and regulations issued
to carry out this title (including the statewide planning, consultation, and
coordination requirements of this title).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd662f5c234b5472e9e4fbe4816a65104"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance with
uniform cost principles and administrative requirements</header><text>Each
grantee that receives funds under this title shall comply with the applicable
uniform cost principles and appropriate administrative requirements for grants
and contracts that are applicable to the type of entity that receives funds, as
issued as circulars or rules of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDFFFB7A2E41F40E8A0C27E873E08E621"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each
grantee described in paragraph (2) shall prepare and submit a report in such
manner and containing such information as the Secretary may require regarding
activities carried out under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id20A960981F1741FF86B0B1DACCD257A5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Records</header><text>Each
grantee described in paragraph (2) shall keep records that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9AB9E45227EB4657810A14F433B6063E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are sufficient to
permit the preparation of reports required by this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id910F58656318452A8F79270B23CC3DA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are sufficient to
permit the tracing of funds to a level of expenditure adequate to ensure that
the funds have not been spent unlawfully; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34FDDABE18FD487AB6CCBB3F56CDA8F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contain any other
information that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc5aab425d52c45a5abe9a2d73326b907"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish by rule and implement a process to evaluate, in
accordance with section 513, the performance of projects carried out and
services provided under this title. The Secretary shall report to Congress, and
make available to the public, the results of each such evaluation and shall use
such evaluation to improve services delivered by, or the operation of, projects
carried out under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID50469f239eb3436898496195b38b43ba"><enum>504.</enum><header>Participants
not Federal employees</header>
<subsection id="ID27dd4ede674f4339b54e14e89c7d0337"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of certain provisions covering Federal employees</header><text>Eligible
individuals who are participants in any project funded under this title shall
not be considered to be Federal employees as a result of such participation and
shall not be subject to part III of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7a36171cae8643d0944599997b4406aa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workers'
compensation</header><text>No grant or subgrant shall be made and no contract
or subcontract shall be entered into under this title with an entity who is, or
whose employees are, under State law, exempted from operation of the State
workers' compensation law, generally applicable to employees, unless the entity
shall undertake to provide either through insurance by a recognized carrier or
by self-insurance, as authorized by State law, that the persons employed under
the grant, subgrant, contract, or subcontract shall enjoy workers' compensation
coverage equal to that provided by law for covered employment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDbbee4b5982be4320aa981b5b501c2ad1"><enum>505.</enum><header>Interagency
cooperation</header>
<subsection id="ID9ad391a50cd348af85b7097b48056fd1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consultation
with the Assistant Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with and
obtain the written views of the Assistant Secretary before issuing rules and
before establishing general policy in the administration of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDcd55b72baa6f44ebb829d1ebf0722263"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation
with heads of other agencies</header><text>The Secretary shall consult and
cooperate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through
officers including the Director of the Office of Community Services), and the
heads of other Federal agencies that carry out programs related to the program
carried out under this title, in order to achieve optimal coordination of the
program carried out under this title with such related programs. Each head of a
Federal agency shall cooperate with the Secretary in disseminating information
relating to the availability of assistance under this title and in promoting
the identification and interests of individuals eligible for employment in
projects assisted under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe0917bb0c0dc43958d1a9692e69347cd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header>
<paragraph id="id7EBBA57F4A5A41D293EC77EA98B6877F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall promote and coordinate efforts to
carry out projects under this title jointly with programs, projects, or
activities carried out under other Acts, especially activities provided under
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>), including
activities provided through one-stop delivery systems established under section
134(c)) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2864">29 U.S.C. 2864(c)</external-xref>), that provide training and employment
opportunities to eligible individuals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41ccad6a35304b719abced7aa5268d0f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination
with certain activities</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with the
Secretary of Education to promote and coordinate efforts to carry out projects
under this title jointly with activities in which eligible individuals may
participate that are carried out under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2301">20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDe5fa9715fc784b6b9b27fe9e8a04e720"><enum>506.</enum><header>Distribution
of assistance</header>
<subsection id="ID6ed625218d514c228b28b3bf089b3954"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservations</header>
<paragraph id="ID669e5dab01954270a30264419a672e89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation for
pilot demonstration and evaluation projects</header><text>Of the funds
appropriated to carry out this title for each fiscal year, the Secretary may
first reserve not more than 1.5 percent to carry out demonstration projects,
pilot projects, and evaluation projects under section 502(e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9670474f5c714bf39dfc423ce9e8e513"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservation for
territories</header><text>Of the funds appropriated to carry out this title for
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 0.75 percent, of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDfeff2a44c09c4e8b805552ead8a72000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Guam, American
Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands shall each receive 30 percent of
the funds so reserved; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1164bb95e20748a5bc567c0a3c22ec65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands shall receive 10 percent of the funds so
reserved.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf8b7edb7a8724b2ca3d443b3d7e03ede"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reservation for
organizations</header><text>Of the funds appropriated to carry out this title
for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve such amount as may be
necessary to make national grants to public or nonprofit national Indian aging
organizations with the ability to provide community service employment and
other authorized activities for eligible individuals who are Indians and to
national public or nonprofit Pacific Island and Asian American aging
organizations with the ability to provide community service employment and
other authorized activities for eligible individuals who are Pacific Island and
Asian Americans.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2a50f95e301b4b0297a37f3d388cb7d0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State
allotments</header><text>The allotment for each State shall be the sum of the
amounts allotted for national grants in such State under subsection (d) and for
the grant to such State under subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID553ecc7899e4493ab87fcf5336a033c2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Division
between national grants and grants to States</header><text>The funds
appropriated to carry out this title for any fiscal year that remain after
amounts are reserved under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) shall
be divided by the Secretary between national grants and grants to States as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="IDa5eb0e900bb94205966614a69e4a1f94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds for fiscal year 2000 level of activities</header>
<subparagraph id="ID00b5218ea9f14595a2ce74244b5c19e2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve the amount of funds necessary
to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities supported by grantees that
operate under this title under national grants from the Secretary, and the
fiscal year 2000 level of activities supported by State grantees under this
title, in proportion to their respective fiscal year 2000 levels of
activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4591afda2fb242178c61156e643a918d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Insufficient
appropriations</header><text>If in any fiscal year the funds appropriated to
carry out this title are insufficient to satisfy the requirement specified in
subparagraph (A), then the amount described in subparagraph (A) shall be
reduced proportionally.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbcd8146c85c24d3eb4a5a7245bf6913f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding in
excess of fiscal year 2000 level of activities</header>
<subparagraph id="ID583240d4950842d2880ffdd11a6c201b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Up to
$35,000,000</header><text>The amount of funds remaining (if any) after the
application of paragraph (1), but not to exceed $35,000,000, shall be divided
so that 75 percent shall be provided to State grantees and 25 percent shall be
provided to grantees that operate under this title under national grants from
the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99571e78fbed438e9baad1786add09d7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Over
$35,000,000</header><text>The amount of funds remaining (if any) after the
application of subparagraph (A) shall be divided so that 50 percent shall be
provided to State grantees and 50 percent shall be provided to grantees that
operate under this title under national grants from the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbdf66de57eb84a95bd17407238931521"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allotments for
national grants</header><text>From funds available under subsection (c) for
national grants, the Secretary shall allot for public and nonprofit private
agency and organization grantees that operate under this title under national
grants from the Secretary in each State, an amount that bears the same ratio to
such funds as the product of the number of individuals age 55 or older in the
State and the allotment percentage of such State bears to the sum of the
corresponding products for all States, except as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="IDd19f30d596894dc790c4eefbdde959f2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
allotment</header><text>No State shall be provided an amount under this
subsection that is less than <fraction>1/2</fraction> of 1 percent of the
amount provided under subsection (c) for public and nonprofit private agency
and organization grantees that operate under this title under national grants
from the Secretary in all of the States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe4663488c4344d809e9141345aa5f4bc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hold
harmless</header><text>If such amount provided under subsection (c) is—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID05fe7f50c84e448396f304ce31313eb3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>equal to or less
than the amount necessary to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities,
allotments for grantees that operate under this title under national grants
from the Secretary in each State shall be proportional to the amount necessary
to maintain their fiscal year 2000 level of activities; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf11c54ac58a443ddb377f1fdb19e65d9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>greater than the
amount necessary to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities, no State
shall be provided a percentage increase above the amount necessary to maintain
the fiscal year 2000 level of activities for grantees that operate under this
title under national grants from the Secretary in the State that is less than
30 percent of the percentage increase above the amount necessary to maintain
the fiscal year 2000 level of activities for public and private nonprofit
agency and organization grantees that operate under this title under national
grants from the Secretary in all of the States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDad4defbc7cfc4f3b8ef0b7bbf4e710c0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>Allotments
for States not affected by paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) shall be reduced
proportionally to satisfy the conditions in such paragraphs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID930951ca33e543699952d1cf425dff0e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allotments for
grants to States</header><text>From the amount provided for grants to States
under subsection (c), the Secretary shall allot for the State grantee in each
State an amount that bears the same ratio to such amount as the product of the
number of individuals age 55 or older in the State and the allotment percentage
of such State bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all States,
except as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID8dc2ff58f5ae46b29b5a0e0bdb67e357"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
allotment</header><text>No State shall be provided an amount under this
subsection that is less than <fraction>1/2</fraction> of 1 percent of the
amount provided under subsection (c) for State grantees in all of the
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2caf5068225941c9a5ddb34a78a248e8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hold
harmless</header><text>If such amount provided under subsection (c) is—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5ba6d26d46bd4da48e754eecb71cca5f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>equal to or less
than the amount necessary to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities,
allotments for State grantees in each State shall be proportional to the amount
necessary to maintain their fiscal year 2000 level of activities; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe9be60b40f53448281de019801be054d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>greater than the
amount necessary to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities, no State
shall be provided a percentage increase above the amount necessary to maintain
the fiscal year 2000 level of activities for State grantees in the State that
is less than 30 percent of the percentage increase above the amount necessary
to maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities for State grantees in all
of the States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb85b2327520143d5b70686cf19f7d5b9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>Allotments
for States not affected by paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) shall be reduced
proportionally to satisfy the conditions in such paragraphs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa2ce0a428c2c4eb59ef601b5b635a943"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allotment
percentage</header><text>For purposes of subsections (d) and (e) and this
subsection—</text>
<paragraph id="ID66be9429e95b42b18b6f1cf6b764f8bf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the allotment
percentage of each State shall be 100 percent less that percentage that bears
the same ratio to 50 percent as the per capita income of such State bears to
the per capita income of the United States, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID662a565e78b24f35b4fc78fb9fff4db3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the allotment
percentage shall be not more than 75 percent and not less than 33 percent;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70542e739227454184b6d82cc60fcb7d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the allotment
percentage for the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
shall be 75 percent;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID84975039ae174991ab4c8c54faf317d6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of
individuals age 55 or older in any State and in all States, and the per capita
income in any State and in all States, shall be determined by the Secretary on
the basis of the most satisfactory data available to the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID368f90b9340f4709a5c46d7edcbaa4c9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for the purpose
of determining the allotment percentage, the term <term>United States</term>
means the 50 States, and the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID94c590d8f9ef48a4b5094fa6f98df2ac"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID3c2866fad9544d57abde51137fd5dcd4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost per
authorized position</header><text>The term <term>cost per authorized
position</term> means the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd3f31c306c5b47848613f6a14046e9a9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the hourly
minimum wage rate specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/206">29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)</external-xref>), multiplied by the number of hours equal to the
product of 21 hours and 52 weeks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb64b6887bd1244a58829404a71696559"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount equal
to 11 percent of the amount specified under subparagraph (A), for the purpose
of covering Federal payments for fringe benefits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0a4aad4e58bb41138979052fd071a4a1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an amount
determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of covering Federal payments for
the remainder of all other program and administrative costs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8e003753e3644cd1892e28951a46c5b1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2000 level of activities</header><text>The term <term>fiscal year 2000 level of
activities</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb7cce28514124fdf98a7fea333b5eafd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
public and nonprofit private agency and organization grantees that operate
under this title under national grants from the Secretary, their level of
activities for fiscal year 2000; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd101052748c8469bb014cbfcf637af72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
State grantees, their level of activities for fiscal year 2000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc25062d89a5c470c81e9dc953f72cbeb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grants to
States</header><text>The term <term>grants to States</term> means grants made
under this title by the Secretary to the States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2a1dd5c0295944da876fdb54236216f6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Level of
activities</header><text>The term <term>level of activities</term> means the
number of authorized positions multiplied by the cost per authorized
position.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID12b7692e7811457a80e005679d818f08"><enum>(5)</enum><header>National
grants</header><text>The term <term>national grants</term> means grants made
under this title by the Secretary to public and nonprofit private agency and
organization grantees that operate under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbfda5b20b43b4523b581a32037f8ab21"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDcea9fce2e7d14f249e377ccd5a2b7ffa"><enum>507.</enum><header>Equitable
distribution</header>
<subsection id="ID6d78b90b34834598b799d0cbf05b5116"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interstate
allocation</header><text>In making grants under section 502(b) from allotments
made under section 506, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent feasible, an
equitable distribution of activities under such grants, in the aggregate, among
the States, taking into account the needs of underserved States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID67d0932beb3e45cc9eed5a2db3fd6d61"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Intrastate
allocation</header><text>The amount allocated for projects within each State
under section 506 shall be allocated among areas in the State in an equitable
manner, taking into consideration the State priorities set out in the State
plan in effect under section 503(a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDa0c7d6da3ba44f7589af545843bb7257"><enum>508.</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To carry out the Secretary's
responsibilities for reporting in section 503(g), the Secretary shall require
the State agency for each State that receives funds under this title to prepare
and submit a report at the beginning of each fiscal year on such State's
compliance with section 507(b). Such report shall include the names and
geographic location of all projects assisted under this title and carried out
in the State and the amount allocated to each such project under section
506.</text>
</section><section id="ID4e3bf6ae42294627a3a63dde592aeebe"><enum>509.</enum><header>Employment
assistance and Federal housing and food stamp programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds received by eligible individuals from
projects carried out under the program established under this title shall not
be considered to be income of such individuals for purposes of determining the
eligibility of such individuals, or of any other individuals, to participate in
any housing program for which Federal funds may be available or for any income
determination under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="IDb559ae8b10944f47ae8c6559899c3b7b"><enum>510.</enum><header>Eligibility
for workforce investment activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Eligible individuals under this title may be
considered by local workforce investment boards and one-stop operators
established under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2801 et seq.) to satisfy the requirements for receiving services under such
title I that are applicable to adults.</text>
</section><section id="ID215478045fa54109ac877db9282a98a1"><enum>511.</enum><header>Coordination
with the workforce investment Act of 1998</header>
<subsection id="IDbb808e682b32490aa9556652aa54ff8d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Partners</header><text>Grantees
under this title shall be one-stop partners as described in subparagraphs (A)
and (B)(vi) of section 121(b)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2841(b)(1)) in the one-stop delivery system established under section
134(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2864">29 U.S.C. 2864(c)</external-xref>) for the appropriate local workforce
investment areas, and shall carry out the responsibilities relating to such
partners.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID57c1ae389d304e948e2e3e463b69fdc2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In
local workforce investment areas where more than 1 grantee under this title
provides services, the grantees shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDbbb4269d5d074ba19106d83c0f0d58bd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate their
activities related to the one-stop delivery systems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7f3a349609294e1ca638f3f7f709700d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be signatories of
the memorandum of understanding established under section 121(c) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2841">29 U.S.C. 2841(c)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID65de49f2e9ab4766921b47bf4652a676"><enum>512.</enum><header>Treatment of
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Assistance provided
under this title shall not be considered to be financial assistance described
in section 245A(h)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1255a(h)(1)(A)).</text>
</section><section id="IDc06e3b4c8e334da583a88403b4854d0d"><enum>513.</enum><header>Performance</header>
<subsection id="ID40cbf3c3239e4eb7baa58292c5e54e10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Measures and
indicators</header>
<paragraph id="IDeb0c2e2365204c07932714e9f8799f20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment
and implementation of measures and indicators</header><text>The Secretary shall
establish and implement, after consultation with grantees, subgrantees, and
host agencies under this title, States, older individuals, area agencies on
aging, and other organizations serving older individuals, core measures of
performance and additional indicators of performance for each grantee for
projects and services carried out under this title. The core measures of
performance and additional indicators of performance shall be applicable to
each grantee under this title without regard to whether such grantee operates
the program directly or through subcontracts, subgrants, or agreements with
other entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6b5f8b7edbeb46f4989e93ef23644f16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header>
<subparagraph id="ID95c25adc37d44f64a0d63ff70660f133"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Composition of
measures and indicators</header>
<clause id="id43CCACE0D4064593A02B43298A9D5D43"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Measures</header><text>The
core measures of performance established by the Secretary in accordance with
paragraph (1) shall consist of core indicators of performance specified in
subsection (b)(1) and the expected levels of performance applicable to each
core indicator of performance.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID326c501320f64520b211a4a923fe41e8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional
indicators</header><text>The additional indicators of performance established
by the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be the additional
indicators of performance specified in subsection (b)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5cc7f5cdb3ae447eb363c6e4b4302091"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Continuous
improvement</header><text>The measures described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall
be designed to promote continuous improvement in performance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDc743709d2cce4e63ab0ba344b8fc2546"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Expected levels
of performance</header><text>The Secretary and each grantee shall reach
agreement on the expected levels of performance for each program year for each
of the core indicators of performance specified in subparagraph (A)(i). The
agreement shall take into account the requirement of subparagraph (B) and the
factors described in subparagraph (D), and other appropriate factors as
determined by the Secretary, and shall be consistent with the requirements of
subparagraph (E). Funds may not be awarded under the grant until such agreement
is reached. At the conclusion of negotiations concerning the levels with all
grantees, the Secretary shall make available for public review the final
negotiated expected levels of performance for each grantee, including any
comments submitted by the grantee regarding the grantee's satisfaction with the
negotiated levels.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8a900d88718c4a20ac6f715970ab3d37"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The
expected levels of performance described in subparagraph (C) applicable to a
grantee shall be adjusted after the agreement under subparagraph (C) has been
reached only with respect to the following factors:</text>
<clause id="IDeba871e3d2e840ddb3080b539b1e2d9a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>High rates of
unemployment or of poverty or participation in the program of block grants to
States for temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of
title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>), in the areas
served by a grantee, relative to other areas of the State involved or
Nation.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID01402c804c6e414abb2d446aae616ebb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Significant
downturns in the areas served by the grantee or in the national economy.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa705cfb599b94084a1582d174c17721d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Significant
numbers or proportions of participants with 1 or more barriers to employment,
including individuals described in subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii) or (b)(2) of
section 518, served by a grantee relative to such numbers or proportions for
grantees serving other areas of the State or Nation.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID85cffef84f624445b9bb6e482e6248c7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Changes in
Federal, State, or local minimum wage requirements.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ID61f300a83fd64088953795f52c640de7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Limited economies
of scale for the provision of community service employment and other authorized
activities in the areas served by the grantee.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5715e5e6f41c4edfa7d6dfdd96976580"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Placement</header>
<clause id="ID2ca00d4bf416490c94bf07c5e7216e2a"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Level of
performance</header><text>For all grantees, the Secretary shall establish an
expected level of performance of not less than the percentage specified in
clause (ii) (adjusted in accordance with subparagraph (D)) for the entry into
unsubsidized employment core indicator of performance described in subsection
(b)(1)(B).</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd4b4941af4314288b8761ace18850f78"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Required
placement percentages</header><text>The minimum percentage for the expected
level of performance for the entry into unsubsidized employment core indicator
of performance described in subsection (b)(1)(B) is—</text>
<subclause id="ID1205687698c8494db6dc8fe2a53bd902"><enum>(I)</enum><text>21 percent for
fiscal year 2007;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5117781b30864a38bcf28fafb960faf6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>22 percent for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5f157df532564da190541af1add2b323"><enum>(III)</enum><text>23 percent for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID73a50768f8644727a8085c9716e374a0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>24 percent for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDcc4adf95ddd14c7f9fe34145aa226f53"><enum>(V)</enum><text>25 percent for
fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID960c237af4474021b518fc06e885a2f6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>An
agreement to be evaluated on the core measures of performance and to report
information on the additional indicators of performance shall be a requirement
for application for, and a condition of, all grants authorized by this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID046fb6f5957d4208aef0958c6a4a5ff4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Indicators of
performance</header>
<paragraph id="IDb86b8193523c4d198e2f91574de01a28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Core
indicators</header><text>The core indicators of performance described in
subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) shall consist of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID2279d1608adf4a7b865fb22f18b55cdb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hours (in the
aggregate) of community service employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID517a2dc4beff458f92c023e15ab32296"><enum>(B)</enum><text>entry into
unsubsidized employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa57c976bb7a54f4da43d79edd71abb5d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>retention in
unsubsidized employment for 6 months;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID88f5311e74c94516a86abf6105e964da"><enum>(D)</enum><text>earnings;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40476D843EFE44BF8C31EE6C0808C114"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of
eligible individuals served, including the number of participating individuals
described in subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii) or (b)(2) of section 518.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa6b6ca0780904af3ab13736407a23eef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
indicators</header><text>The additional indicators of performance described in
subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii) shall consist of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbb9c24f0fdc844fd8598989c5ac31402"><enum>(A)</enum><text>retention in
unsubsidized employment for 1 year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb9b4c004aa9741169421a948b5bf9b94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfaction of
the participants, employers, and their host agencies with their experiences and
the services provided;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbf3c76a641554b7e981bbb30bc3c3837"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
indicators of performance that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to
evaluate services and performance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID464e7fe5b77c4b4f83155e8e4afba1dd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions of
indicators</header><text>The Secretary, after consultation with national and
State grantees, representatives of business and labor organizations, and
providers of services, shall, by regulation, issue definitions of the
indicators of performance described in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5010E489A7C1431EB8CE5C8BF4F3F9EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id36134129292441FD8E7C3F942D585AC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>annually
evaluate, and publish and make available for public review information on, the
actual performance of each grantee with respect to the levels achieved for each
of the core indicators of performance, compared to the expected levels of
performance established under subsection (a)(2)(C) (including any adjustments
to such levels made in accordance with subsection (a)(2)(D)); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id25109AB1DE89410883C17D5AAE453888"><enum>(2)</enum><text>annually publish
and make available for public review information on the actual performance of
each grantee with respect to the levels achieved for each of the additional
indicators of performance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID17892e57a11c428481bcc7f252bf5f12"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical
assistance and corrective efforts</header>
<paragraph id="idD01AF2B50EEC471B8227465BAA749EED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
determinations</header>
<subparagraph id="idD3EC479F5CF8492AB6EDA02EB1206D55"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable after July 1, 2007, the Secretary
shall determine if a grantee under this title has, for program year
2006—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id9BEAFA30C0104D9D9FE05947EE5FDBBD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>met the expected
levels of performance established under subsection (a)(2)(C) (including any
adjustments to such levels made in accordance with subsection (a)(2)(D)) for
the core indicators of performance described in subparagraphs (A), (C), (D),
and (E) of subsection (b)(1); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idB4F67F38E7714CFD8E0707381F2FBD30"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>achieved the
applicable percentage specified in subsection (a)(2)(E)(ii) for the core
indicator of performance described in subsection (b)(1)(B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1A497EA8B7024AB7B08B2FF9ABD8BF91"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the grantee, for
program year 2006—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id0AB7D5151E674DBCB74F035990EBBE9E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>failed to meet
the expected levels of performance described in subparagraph (A)(i); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id8B08F6503E424E1F8E7B47DA0ADD39F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>failed to
achieve the applicable percentage described in subparagraph (A)(ii),</text>
</clause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subparagraph">the Secretary shall provide
technical assistance to assist the grantee to meet the expected levels of
performance and achieve the applicable percentage.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1b3ace90584248b284217b9d731100c8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National
grantees</header>
<subparagraph id="IDb6aaa1b96cba4280bc9cc9ffef79b687"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the end of each program
year, the Secretary shall determine if a national grantee awarded a grant under
section 502(b) in accordance with section 514 has met the expected levels of
performance established under subsection (a)(2)(C) (including any adjustments
to such levels made in accordance with subsection (a)(2)(D)) for the core
indicators of performance described in subsection (b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8a2a5fa7d1eb4eb79ede1b73119f0683"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical
assistance and corrective action plan</header>
<clause id="ID453cc34c374a4ef7a43f0bed366cedbb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a national grantee fails
to meet the expected levels of performance described in subparagraph (A), the
Secretary after each year of such failure, shall provide technical assistance
and require such grantee to submit a corrective action plan not later than 160
days after the end of the program year.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID825775f37f3045f6a36223ed401f5d49"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
plan submitted under clause (i) shall detail the steps the grantee will take to
meet the expected levels of performance in the next program year.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9cfd569f2964490b9e3acdf811d7eccb"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Recompetition</header><text>Any
grantee who has failed to meet the expected levels of performance for 4
consecutive years (beginning with program year 2007) shall not be allowed to
compete in the subsequent grant competition under section 514 following the
fourth consecutive year of failure but may compete in the next such grant
competition after that subsequent competition.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6e3397811b3549df8a1ddb62a628291b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State
grantees</header>
<subparagraph id="IDd5fba01aed194ac9bb45d7ce37b345df"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the end of each program
year, the Secretary shall determine if a State grantee allotted funds under
section 506(e) has met the expected levels of performance established under
subsection (a)(2)(C) (including any adjustments to such levels made in
accordance with subsection (a)(2)(D)) for the core indicators of performance
described in subsection (b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf58ab05db82548818a534b9d5694a1aa"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical
assistance and corrective action plan</header>
<clause id="id4BB6DE11F9894D06AE1DFEB9863CB91F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a State fails to meet
the expected levels of performance described in subparagraph (A), the
Secretary, after each year of such failure, shall provide technical assistance
and require the State to submit a corrective action plan not later than 160
days after the end of the program year.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdaf068c591024360970ad9e902824190"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
plan submitted under clause (i) shall detail the steps the State will take to
meet the expected levels of performance in the next program year.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID68d9fc9cce0a4bf7975353756f7fa309"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Competition</header><text>If
the Secretary determines that the State fails to meet the expected levels of
performance described in subparagraph (A) for 3 consecutive program years
(beginning with program year 2007), the Secretary shall provide for the conduct
by the State of a competition to award the funds allotted to the State under
section 506(e) for the first full program year following the Secretary's
determination.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID77121ad83c8648dda8ae729ec7e8f899"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rule
for establishment and implementation</header><text>The Secretary shall
establish and implement the core measures of performance and additional
indicators of performance described in this section, including all required
indicators described in subsection (b), not later than July 1, 2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID16f72fa92c594c749f99f9ac4cd799e4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Impact on grant
competition</header><text>The Secretary may not publish a notice announcing a
grant competition under this title, and solicit proposals for grants, until the
day that is the later of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa9961934952f4dd383307c77af59ab54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date on which
the Secretary implements the core measures of performance and additional
indicators of performance described in this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID43667e965f9244e2b30f676926f6f9cc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>January 1,
2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID92a25f557a484476be3247972d789c39"><enum>514.</enum><header>Competitive
requirements relating to grant awards</header>
<subsection id="ID2e37aec95ef349d4b3fcffc3c68d04b0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="IDf080533291da466ebddcaa2c7e88798e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
approval of grant applications</header><text>From the funds available for
national grants under section 506(d), the Secretary shall award grants under
section 502(b) to eligible applicants, through a competitive process that
emphasizes meeting performance requirements, to carry out projects under this
title for a period of 4 years, except as provided in paragraph (2). The
Secretary may not conduct a grant competition under this title until the day
described in section 513(e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID07e7e034231b45c0b272bb18ec9bec75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continuation of
approval based on performance</header><text>If the recipient of a grant made
under paragraph (1) meets the expected levels of performance described in
section 513(d)(2)(A) for each year of such 4-year period with respect to a
project, the Secretary may award a grant under section 502(b) to such recipient
to continue such project beyond such 4-year period for 1 additional year
without regard to such process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc732360f027f4b8da83eb9a804cbe1eb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
applicants</header><text>An applicant shall be eligible to receive a grant
under section 502(b) in accordance with subsections (a), (c), and (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe48aabafff34405fac48b8d1173e412e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>For
purposes of subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall select the eligible
applicants to receive grants based on the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID85ebe54398bd4583b98d4ff8881e523c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The applicant's
ability to administer a project that serves the greatest number of eligible
individuals, giving particular consideration to individuals with greatest
economic need, individuals with greatest social need, and individuals described
in subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii) or (b)(2) of section 518.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5a364ae666e447f4873c0c93f1f71014"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The applicant's
ability to administer a project that provides employment for eligible
individuals in the communities in which such individuals reside, or in nearby
communities, that will contribute to the general welfare of the communities
involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41ad056aa1ee48f19ee7c5ce265aee45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The applicant's
ability to administer a project that moves eligible individuals into
unsubsidized employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0339b629da0240c89cea7fb1b014b8e2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The applicant's
prior performance, if any, in meeting core measures of performance and
addressing additional indicators of performance under this title and the
applicant’s ability to address core indicators of performance and additional
indicators of performance under this title and under other Federal or State
programs in the case of an applicant that has not previously received a grant
under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc334454465cf4c72862b3284911d04d1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The applicant's
ability to move individuals with multiple barriers to employment, including
individuals described in subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii) or (b)(2) of section 518,
into unsubsidized employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID383ed48cf173403fba454085adc5fc65"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The applicant's
ability to coordinate activities with other organizations at the State and
local level.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID044956a26ba640eaaf0aac9006293bab"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The applicant's
plan for fiscal management of the project to be administered with funds
received in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDee293f614bc94561b7164af86940c3d7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The applicant’s
ability to administer a project that provides community service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID3f13ea4bdfda47c7bfbfa2e8fc999fa7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The applicant’s
ability to minimize disruption in services for participants and in community
services provided.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbe25f5cfc9144ccda60434083554c739"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Any additional
criteria that the Secretary considers to be appropriate in order to minimize
disruption in services for participants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1db33bdf12114fd68bc19e911947b8e9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibility
tests</header>
<paragraph id="ID302b5abd346c4ebab67429152c8c9273"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Before final selection of a grantee, the Secretary shall
conduct a review of available records to assess the applicant's overall
responsibility to administer Federal funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6350a397dd044ebe9b02619bb64f2c33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text>As
part of the review described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may consider any
information, including the applicant's history with regard to the management of
other grants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7a8ec16029094ab6b76a09ca9fd5325a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure to
satisfy test</header><text>The failure to satisfy a responsibility test with
respect to any 1 factor that is listed in paragraph (4), excluding those listed
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph, does not establish that the
applicant is not responsible unless such failure is substantial or persists for
2 or more consecutive years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfcf49d9f4a9b44c48a2255d45dbf0b03"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Test</header><text>The
responsibility tests include review of the following factors:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID301bc375ce6647f289e04646b8d1756d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Unsuccessful
efforts by the applicant to recover debts, after 3 demand letters have been
sent, that are established by final agency action, or a failure to comply with
an approved repayment plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9b0185609e4d4c61b33268b2a199e7f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Established fraud
or criminal activity of a significant nature within the organization or agency
involved.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa66da2e0ce0543d7b9148c081f753c5f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Serious
administrative deficiencies identified by the Secretary, such as failure to
maintain a financial management system as required by Federal rules or
regulations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1c4b3bc1ccdc4001b39dd05bde0a868c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Willful
obstruction of the audit process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc96aab4df0524c4bb2f35d66542f0c4f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Failure to
provide services to participants for a current or recent grant or to meet
applicable core measures of performance or address applicable indicators of
performance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9446c6844d8c494ea847152a7b0915fd"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Failure to
correct deficiencies brought to the grantee's attention in writing as a result
of monitoring activities, reviews, assessments, or other activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDffe51bc1126842f695d51f437c590aa9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Failure to return
a grant closeout package or outstanding advances within 90 days of the grant
expiration date or receipt of the closeout package, whichever is later, unless
an extension has been requested and granted.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4f3ceaa105204b089d4c82228cf802b1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Failure to submit
required reports.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7df0d8f75ee840a48b8215599ce0f058"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Failure to
properly report and dispose of Government property as instructed by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3399dfb036fc438c9cf5018a84a1da64"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Failure to have
maintained effective cash management or cost controls resulting in excess cash
on hand.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfa35d3ed14844ffc95c91ebf72b14d14"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Failure to ensure
that a subrecipient complies with its Office of Management and Budget Circular
A–133 audit requirements specified at <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/667">section 667.200(b)</external-xref> of title 20, Code of
Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID444e1e5785b44c9b9435eedeaa0a1e1e"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Failure to audit
a subrecipient within the required period.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID467a5d64d3ee43f1a324209fb3c22244"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Final disallowed
costs in excess of 5 percent of the grant or contract award if, in the judgment
of the grant officer, the disallowances are egregious.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4ca4620b2278460495187a5ece18464b"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Failure to
establish a mechanism to resolve a subrecipient's audit in a timely
fashion.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID261830efca5541ddaa78edd3d550658b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Applicants
that are determined to be not responsible shall not be selected as
grantees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdf5b794526a24d6e80b0548428648647"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Disallowed
costs</header><text>Interest on disallowed costs shall accrue in accordance
with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, including the amendments made
by that Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID37fbf8ad1fc746088ada7667a0bb4a74"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grantees
serving individuals with barriers to employment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID28c7d9fdcd1e496582d2dccf274da2e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <quote>individuals with barriers to
employment</quote> means minority individuals, Indian individuals, individuals
with greatest economic need, and individuals described in subsection
(a)(3)(B)(ii) or (b)(2) of section 518.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDf5b769a59b344b0d9385ed444eac0e89"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special
consideration</header><text>In areas where a substantial population of
individuals with barriers to employment exists, a grantee that receives a
national grant in accordance with this section shall, in selecting subgrantees,
give special consideration to organizations (including former recipients of
such national grants) with demonstrated expertise in serving individuals with
barriers to employment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="ID44c69a6f432340f080a8f69f39400535"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Minority-serving
grantees</header><text>The Secretary may not promulgate rules or regulations
affecting grantees in areas where a substantial population of minority
individuals exists, that would significantly compromise the ability of the
grantees to serve their targeted population of minority older
individuals.</text>
</subsection></section><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idA7BC7DD365A2402B880F0CB583BC6913"><enum>515.</enum><header>Report on
service to minority individuals</header>
<subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id8D8F6058C76045C1A6CE4F442073ABAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
annually prepare a report on the levels of participation and performance
outcomes of minority individuals served by the program carried out under this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id9450C5352E844FF99BE89E648CABAE4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idB17A484B9B8C454E88422269A3A27215"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Organization
and data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such report shall
present information on the levels of participation and the outcomes achieved by
such minority individuals with respect to each grantee under this title, by
service area, and in the aggregate, beginning with data that applies to program
year 2005.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idA988D285A16A427D9F153F46C71093E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Efforts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall also include a description
of each grantee's efforts to serve minority individuals, based on information
submitted to the Secretary by each grantee at such time and in such manner as
the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idFDFAA465D2204317ABCD0B8E12BF8B5D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Related
matters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall also
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id008F0BA48A0643C280DC2054460118C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of
individual grantees based on the criteria established under subsection
(c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF51880F09A754D23BD7268CFF44912AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of
whether any changes in grantees have affected participation rates of such
minority individuals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BDC030C8E4B4478AE2D2BD9749563CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information on
factors affecting participation rates among such minority individuals;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9E9592A3092A460993FA732B5DBD29CB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations
for increasing participation of minority individuals in the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE00FD35FAA8C4AB9BD472B830EF3B727"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish criteria for determining the effectiveness of
grantees in serving minority individuals in accordance with the goals set forth
in section 502(a)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idD8247AC76DAE4C49913FF98FEC383B1E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The
Secretary shall annually submit such a report to the appropriate committees of
Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="ID4d632cf77ebd4dbbab4e4b12e6fd8c97"><enum>516.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="IDcb06a6098da446bc94a07d690e2b16b8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the older
American community service employment program described in this title was
established with the intent of placing older individuals in community service
positions and providing job training; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="IDe27d9f1231704475ac75daebf25dd388"><enum>(2)</enum><text>placing older
individuals in community service positions strengthens the ability of the
individuals to become self-sufficient, provides much-needed support to
organizations that benefit from increased civic engagement, and strengthens the
communities that are served by such organizations.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID11e31ea3be884978831517630e9f74db"><enum>517.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID01df4ee00fb74a5cbbdc0d1411d3b786"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
and 2011.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID392d1f6e84764f8a9e5ab4436ed133ac"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Obligation</header><text>Amounts
appropriated under this section for any fiscal year shall be available for
obligation during the annual period that begins on July 1 of the calendar year
immediately following the beginning of such fiscal year and that ends on June
30 of the following calendar year. The Secretary may extend the period during
which such amounts may be obligated or expended in the case of a particular
organization or agency that receives funds under this title if the Secretary
determines that such extension is necessary to ensure the effective use of such
funds by such organization or agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDfa865db0a01947c6bc56a2772f8ed823"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recapturing
funds</header><text>At the end of the program year, the Secretary may recapture
any unexpended funds for the program year, and reobligate such funds within the
2 succeeding program years for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9f37e6d12268477ead6206692e66c4bc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>incentive grants
to entities that are State grantees or national grantees under section
502(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID10bea5c8d3e94105b0c8000bfab54761"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technical
assistance; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDda98d09aa7d94c8aaafea02b94478c8e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>grants or
contracts for any other activity under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDf3731f17a0ee4c9e8de7adbb0260621c"><enum>518.</enum><header>Definitions
and rule</header>
<subsection id="idEF1D5C227DD84167BCA10D3125B3CDDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ID233f7e66e6d3497abaf34f8a7c9f8fe8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community
service</header><text>The term <term>community service</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC3D810C9D07F467994814336DE211290"><enum>(A)</enum><text>social, health,
welfare, and educational services (including literacy tutoring), legal and
other counseling services and assistance, including tax counseling and
assistance and financial counseling, and library, recreational, and other
similar services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7EFBFC9B88D7499381AE0D7641330F7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conservation,
maintenance, or restoration of natural resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCDE7602B150B44A781DF5A44379750EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>community
betterment or beautification;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAD06F525C89B47D98515D6B031B177F1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>antipollution and
environmental quality efforts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF24FA0E8963640BCAC93645D1260F518"><enum>(E)</enum><text>weatherization
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE6326B01547444F58AEAC30A824E0DCC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>economic
development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA6AE548A717A491E8176F537B71F679C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>such other
services essential and necessary to the community as the Secretary determines
by rule to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF50DF9557C94480690604872B85A7EDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Community
service employment</header><text>The term <term>community service
employment</term> means part-time, temporary employment paid with grant funds
in projects described in section 502(b)(1)(D), through which eligible
individuals are engaged in community service and receive work experience and
job skills that can lead to unsubsidized employment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID77e977ec30694ec58b46378469f43e6d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
individual</header>
<subparagraph id="id9E664ED5CA414F6FA15936AA7415BAE2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>eligible individual</term> means an
individual who is age 55 or older and who has a low income (including any such
individual whose income is not more than 125 percent of the poverty line),
excluding any income that is unemployment compensation, a benefit received
under title XVI of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1381">42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.</external-xref>), a payment
made to or on behalf of veterans or former members of the Armed Forces under
the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 25 percent of a
benefit received under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et
seq.), subject to subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID48c2748a086d437a934064718d609554"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Participation</header>
<clause commented="no" id="id35065ACE31F447E5AF8E563121D9BF50"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of this paragraph, the term <term>eligible
individual</term> does not include an individual who has participated in
projects under this title for a period of 48 months in the aggregate (whether
or not consecutive) after July 1, 2007 unless the period was increased as
described in clause (ii).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDff90b6ecbf8f4b0c89da5344f2449286"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Increased
periods of participation</header><text>The Secretary shall authorize a grantee
for a project to increase the period of participation described in clause (i),
pursuant to a request submitted by the grantee, for individuals who—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id4E79CED4BD9244E5994F1B77C1FA411C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>have a severe
disability;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id65B748A6AF704A76A61EC18D565BFDB4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are frail or are
age 75 or older;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id6C2A45EA84C448C984856B24F68F99B8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>meet the
eligibility requirements related to age for, but do not receive, benefits under
title II of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/401">42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id13797440E07B45C5B2115A4529018087"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>live in an area
with persistent unemployment and are individuals with severely limited
employment prospects; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idADD984EFFC9A45A290AE21B5B0A9ADC5"><enum>(V)</enum><text>have limited
English proficiency or low literacy skills.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDCB6D8610C054D7AA6F398FB2AD1EABD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Income</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>income</term> means income received during the
12-month period (or, at the option of the grantee involved, the annualized
income for the 6-month period) ending on the date an eligible individual
submits an application to participate in a project carried out under this title
by such grantee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID62ca4e9d814c409ab51e732c3dc924e9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Pacific island
and asian americans</header><text>The term <term>Pacific Island and Asian
Americans</term> means Americans having origins in any of the original peoples
of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific
Islands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9299ee3b26b44e0fb1198d5e634dae0a"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
term <term>program</term> means the older American community service employment
program established under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID096b4027d6b848dfac991acbe576795b"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Supportive
services</header><text>The term <term>supportive services</term> means
services, such as transportation, child care, dependent care, housing, and
needs-related payments, that are necessary to enable an individual to
participate in activities authorized under this title, consistent with the
provisions of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeae3250883a74c279eac0c55cae7e4c8"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Unemployed</header><text>The
term <term>unemployed</term>, used with respect to a person or individual,
means an individual who is without a job and who wants and is available for
work, including an individual who may have occasional employment that does not
result in a constant source of income.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCF9EC94D7870445B80176DCE6397B1D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>Pursuant
to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, an eligible individual shall have
priority for the community service employment and other authorized activities
provided under this title if the individual—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5b82787f257a4ae785f33f96d95527a6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is 65 years of
age or older; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2664624cf0834bd6b99f4ff868252275"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBDD9E0F7464F465EB730686108E620E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has a
disability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbcf21f9a179046c48e02471b9021fc86" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has limited English proficiency or low
literacy skills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDce3f72eb76a14e81bb435a73f4beb678" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>resides in a rural area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8204e5fd161049f589432462544c71a5" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is a veteran;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0d5a77157dbe485480ed48fad19274cd" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>has low employment prospects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4c178ec41967444c831eeb94d0b38bd4" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>has failed to find employment after
utilizing services provided under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ddb34fd95d04242af71861d53d2259a" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>is homeless or at risk for
homelessness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>.
502.
(a)Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (as amended by
section 501) takes effect July 1, 2007.
(b)Regulations and
expected levels of performance
(1)Effective
on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor may issue rules
and regulations authorized in such title V.
(2)Expected levels
of performancePrior to July 1, 2007, the Secretary of Labor may
carry out the activities authorized in section 513(a)(2) of the Older Americans
Act of 1965 (as so amended), in preparation for program year 2007.
<enum>VI</enum><header>Native
Americans</header>
<section id="id36B6FB72AAC949A197392A9C22F199ED"><enum>601.</enum><header>Clarification
of maintenance requirement</header>
<subsection id="id9A2C17D612664B3590AEDFF772176E50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 614A of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3057e-1">42 U.S.C. 3057e–1</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42D062410E094C6598F917E3A14C408F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id1C696BF49A334F87A74A1F4AE9430888"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification</header>
<paragraph id="idBD1038ECF98047739922C82395416F2F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <term>covered year</term> means fiscal year 2006 or a
subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04CDB3AE26AF44389039E7C043BA1124"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consortia of
tribal organizations</header><text>If a tribal organization received a grant
under this part for fiscal year 1991 as part of a consortium, the Assistant
Secretary shall consider the tribal organization to have received a grant under
this part for fiscal year 1991 for purposes of subsections (a) and (b), and
shall apply the provisions of subsections (a) and (b)(1) (under the conditions
described in subsection (b)) to the tribal organization for each covered year
for which the tribal organization submits an application under this part, even
if the tribal organization submits—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6B2B0647FD814F73854C12F3832712D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a separate
application from the remaining members of the consortium; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5266EBFF6BBD4586B912C81749F39E3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an application as
1 of the remaining members of the
consortium.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idCD1E63B8BE9545A588515EA1A9B04111"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to grants
awarded under part A of title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3057b et seq.) during the grant period beginning April 1, 2008, and all
subsequent grant periods.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H75679EE6312248F99FA162D9DCC4B0B"><enum>602.</enum><header>Native Americans
caregiver support program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 643 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3057n">42 U.S.C. 3057n</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id6DD3C965EE724948A7ECE64AF37B6139"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE466D8A01D594A6C86C05EB4D2642EC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the period
at the end and inserting <quote>$6,500,000 for fiscal year 2007, $6,800,000 for
fiscal year 2008, $7,200,000 for fiscal year 2009, $7,500,000 for fiscal year
2010, and $7,900,000 for fiscal year 2011.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Allotments for
vulnerable elder rights protection activities</header>
<section id="H034BD1C948C1442FA60678EE789C3217"><enum>701.</enum><header>Vulnerable
elder rights protection activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 702 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3058a">42 U.S.C. 3058a</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2001</quote> each place it
appears and inserting <quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idF80507CDA14041BD974A4F80819DA00D"><enum>702.</enum><header>Elder abuse,
neglect, and exploitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 721 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3058i">42 U.S.C. 3058i</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id943F25AD4E5C435A8BD96FF1F5DF64AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>programs for the prevention of</quote> and inserting
<quote>programs to address</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE27178763FFC4582AAEF610D74828A06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE92ABC7508A74C32984C2CC17B6D6CA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>programs for</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>including—</quote> and inserting the following:
<quote>programs for the prevention, detection, assessment, and treatment of,
intervention in, investigation of, and response to elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation (including financial exploitation), including—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE79EF60169F4B569D4993F130EEE901"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCF761DD495A64EA5971086C362A625A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id220A652056EE49EB8897FAE75EA0B172" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDde02a19b5c064bdcb2ac3f85549c526f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing for
public education and outreach to promote financial literacy and prevent
identity theft and financial exploitation of older
individuals;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9DA405D525544B35802C6C272F095FF5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the
end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5401E03E46FC48AE9D8723F4D028EE63"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting a
semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD99BF133F01943829CF61C829B84D6D6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96EE28B615814616B0478C83748321EC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID23df95cc2f6145909544aa2da6dfe7d8"><enum>(10)</enum><text>examining
various types of shelters serving older individuals (in this paragraph referred
to as <quote>safe havens</quote>), and testing various safe haven models for
establishing safe havens (at home or elsewhere), that recognize autonomy and
self-determination, and fully protect the due process rights of older
individuals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID776ab19656bc40b6a7dd7f67ad2fa085"><enum>(11)</enum><text>supporting
multidisciplinary elder justice activities, such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1da95343347d45d3a73fe28f8de48caa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>supporting and
studying team approaches for bringing a coordinated multidisciplinary or
interdisciplinary response to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including
a response from individuals in social service, health care, public safety, and
legal disciplines;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID43de8c30f7014e13a22fdeedd7f02e83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing a
State coordinating council, which shall identify the individual State's needs
and provide the Assistant Secretary with information and recommendations
relating to efforts by the State to combat elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe2b8052a3fc4483e89dfb6cb6eb57105"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing
training, technical assistance, and other methods of support to groups carrying
out multidisciplinary efforts at the State (referred to in some States as
<quote>State Working Groups</quote>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID63cb53a3ceb142e8ba88c5136195da6f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>broadening and
studying various models for elder fatality and serious injury review teams, to
make recommendations about their composition, protocols, functions, timing,
roles, and responsibilities, with a goal of producing models and information
that will allow for replication based on the needs of States and communities
(other than the ones in which the review teams were used); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDef848ea9289e4812bac1e6244803e7ca"><enum>(E)</enum><text>developing best
practices, for use in long-term care facilities, that reduce the risk of elder
abuse for residents, including the risk of resident-to-resident abuse;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc669304a1e90422c9ab8d1ae961f6f58"><enum>(12)</enum><text>addressing
underserved populations of older individuals, such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd80f03e7c6c74f9d91a9a38da56bd28d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>older individuals
living in rural locations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc03d87f4b5b84c198d1cf879679fed7d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>older individuals
in minority populations; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc6663ccd8a4348789c44dae6dff6bfa8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>low-income older
individuals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA51CCEEABD294017A63BF4EC493E6BFD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id175EB2B9BEE2461B98271132AC813131"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subsection (b)(8)(B)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(b)(9)(B)(i)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69C9DE22563941E59EDB492DF336BC9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subsection (b)(8)(B)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(b)(9)(B)(ii)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4F4444073E2E42DCAC6A23D399D13A5C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end of the section the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EC5A00D653A4BF983B6719A63CD1B22" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID2e5c5d34c7bd46f2b705798dd1a32bc8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Accountability
measures</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall develop accountability
measures to ensure the effectiveness of the activities carried out under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbf8fc21fda27456a94ea80f9424983ed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Evaluating
programs</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall evaluate the activities
carried out under this section, using funds made available under section
206(g).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3198594f1ee64e42996b956a630235c3"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Compliance with
applicable laws</header><text>In order to receive funds made available to carry
out this section, an entity shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations,
and
guidelines.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7740073034E74A9CBA8DB035A69D2095"><enum>703.</enum><header>Native American
organization provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 751 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3058aa">42 U.S.C. 3058aa</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id786E5031FA18463D97139A7BD8BD34E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE1CAAF2411944AB8879D060EDDC36F1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id611B093DAD0642C69766E971ECA7C73B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17E232A9DF7D496BB301D98297B6932E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAFBDF8EA7144933B39CF846B94D5E91" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id382DC339D93C45579668C2352A8C502B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enabling the
eligible entities to support multidisciplinary elder justice activities, such
as—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC362E62885CD4F21A4D3D0131743FA1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing a
coordinating council, which shall identify the needs of an individual Indian
tribe or other Native American group and provide the Assistant Secretary with
information and recommendations relating to efforts by the Indian tribe or the
governing entity of the Native American group to combat elder abuse, neglect,
and exploitation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE58931F322844C0BA50F544AF81459C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing
training, technical assistance, and other methods of support to groups carrying
out multidisciplinary efforts for an Indian tribe or other Native American
group; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87FE6E5E557347EEB6B34A95C3A382CC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>broadening and
studying various models for elder fatality and serious injury review teams, to
make recommendations about their composition, protocols, functions, timing,
roles, and responsibilities, with a goal of producing models and information
that will allow for replication based on the needs of Indian tribes and other
Native American groups (other than the ones in which the review teams were
used).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id987D1C0A748F41DDA23D8626ED13022E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>this subtitle</quote> and inserting <quote>this
section</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4636C48A8D2F4D67942B9CDCE9A11509"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5EB29ACC58DA422D9F72EAD4CAD65DD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>this section</quote> and inserting <quote>this subtitle</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84A65E347C9D40A29618E16D9C08E55A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id4534876110054CCFAE3F4F08C2EFA5AF"><enum>704.</enum><header>Elder justice
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of title
VII of the <act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3058aa">42 U.S.C. 3058aa</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID33CF416440A64987ABBA8B6CF509F23A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
subtitle heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id071C79168B644F8189FF9FD0FD14F37C" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="id1FD9EE57026A4275B591E580CC971F40"><enum>B</enum><header>Native American
organization and elder justice
provisions</header>
</subtitle><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6CA6B9A4AEB1411A9FD2609795DCB24E" indent="up1"><enum></enum><text>and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id71D5D91BB04348DEAEB5AA6BEF921411"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after section 751 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EB5F46B0B25458FA16563E77C7491B4" style="OLC">
<section id="idBC991EF4432448E897C7C271557F1A74"><enum>752.</enum><header>Grants to
promote comprehensive State elder justice systems</header>
<subsection id="ID5bc3bf476bf74d00bb15e197357c5366"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose and
authority</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary may make
grants to States, on a competitive basis, in accordance with this section, to
promote the development and implementation, within each such State, of a
comprehensive elder justice system, as defined in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0848ebf818514c3c9bddbaf087e5867a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comprehensive
elder justice system defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<quote>comprehensive elder justice system</quote> means an integrated,
multidisciplinary, and collaborative system for preventing, detecting, and
addressing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in a manner that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4808bb9ea6ed4079a4c0dce0406054fc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides for
widespread, convenient public access to the range of available elder justice
information, programs, and services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID94cb93cadc97442490f223a301720f6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinates the
efforts of public health, social service, and law enforcement authorities, as
well as other appropriate public and private entities, to identify and diminish
duplication and gaps in the system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b77629f9c8f40d5ae9a96c957026188"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides a
uniform method for the standardization, collection, management, analysis, and
reporting of data; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5cf8e29355d943abb9d1596745108414"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provides such
other elements as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID25a2d489340d421c847519ff5224fe76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a grant under this section for a fiscal year, a State
shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary, at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Assistant
Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDfe4ab65d9ecf4e0bbe9a337e5f772802"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amount of
grants</header><text>The amount of a grant to a State with an application
approved under this section for a fiscal year shall be such amount as the
Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc6cdfb6ecc9a4f7b9cb816184cd778c8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="ID60cc9541923f4147aa7ae9925e93adfa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State that receives a grant under this section shall
use funds made available through such grant to promote the development and
implementation of a comprehensive elder justice system by—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID69e7b11a9e3641c2b65dce5f7894b03f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing
formal working relationships among public and private providers of elder
justice programs, service providers, and stakeholders in order to create a
unified elder justice network across such State to coordinate programmatic
efforts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0195c9f11b704d439e1f363831af2797"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitating and
supporting the development of a management information system and standard data
elements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcb085272f24f42a9b342ce5bb06684e6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing for
appropriate education (including educating the public about the range of
available elder justice information, programs, and services), training, and
technical assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDed892df8a90f4439af887e5d25c1426f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>taking such other
steps as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID76509260b9184037b761f3b8d4026553"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort</header><text>Funds made available to States pursuant to this section
shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local
funds expended to support activities described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idFF2E8D1581EC4A3197D488DABD68D305"><enum>705.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle C of
title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3058bb">42 U.S.C. 3058bb et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1C022686F9342A4A79A0B6ACF548163" style="OLC">
<section id="ID32dffdc39223483db13f558b8874f5ad"><enum>765.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
title shall be construed to interfere with or abridge the right of an older
individual to practice the individual’s religion through reliance on prayer
alone for healing, in a case in which a decision to so practice the
religion—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc1f1c01f58ae4980b8bb304b68c8e627"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is
contemporaneously expressed by the older individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="id18E863B9D77D41E2B2072CD5AC1B5645"><enum>(A)</enum><text>either orally or
in writing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD08347131FBF461AA9FB7A86B01B8A31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to a
specific illness or injury that the older individual has at the time of the
decision; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id316B71937763445F8B208152081394D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>when the older
individual is competent to make the decision;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf3aee044c6784a269cbe476b999e77d5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is set forth
prior to the occurrence of the illness or injury in a living will, health care
proxy, or other advance directive document that is validly executed and applied
under State law; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa18b7b6fca374c1995d6b8ae9c7fe555"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may be
unambiguously deduced from the older individual’s life
history.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Federal Youth
Development Council</header>
<section id="idB778D14383624BDC97BE0B826A312296"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID2348b10bc1384ba38eb822c391e08585"><enum>802.</enum><header>Establishment
and membership</header>
<subsection id="ID73120ed53fec4c4186c9c4e068df71ab"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the Federal Youth Development Council (in this title referred to
as the <quote>Council</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idBBE6B31D4DDC4F189CE493BAD5FFCE75"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members and
terms</header>
<paragraph id="ID18f7638bff7b426caee4fba4f5e06fa6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
employee members</header><text>The members of the Council shall include the
Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Drug
Control Policy, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National
and Community Service, or a designee of each such individual who holds
significant decision-making authority, and other Federal officials as directed
by the President.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID88572f8a1ed9413f9b9b615bf2840799"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
members</header>
<subparagraph id="id38E1A51CE53D42F1BC0AF5D25CA1A2A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The members of the Council shall include any additional
members as the President shall appoint from among representatives of
community-based organizations, including faith-based organizations, child and
youth focused foundations, institutions of higher education, non-profit
organizations, youth service providers, State and local government, and youth
in disadvantaged situations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF20776F6FB344EF9AD50D8F2BC271521"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
making the appointments under this paragraph, the President, as determined
appropriate by the President, shall consult with—</text>
<clause id="id485B424E96A7420899004611172AA66F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall take into account the
recommendations of the majority leader and the minority leader of the House of
Representatives; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idFA44DC993F76455E8D9D3B5E3B507C20"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the president
pro tempore of the Senate, who shall take into account the recommendations of
the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD42586E8C6244AB984117823727ED46A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Length of
term</header><text>Each member of the Council shall serve for the life of the
Council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEF123C83EC8A4316B860A3B32E7C2E94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compensation
and travel expenses</header>
<paragraph id="id960EB5CB5C7F4022806C2CE36A0EB15E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No compensation
for service on Council</header><text>Each member of the Council appointed under
section 802 who is not an officer or employee of the United States shall not
receive pay by reason of the member's service on the Council, and shall not be
considered an employee of the Federal Government by reason of such service.
Each member of the Council who is an officer or employee of the United States
shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for the member's
service as an officer or employee of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id71AAFEB893444282BF883DB785483D2B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel and
transportation expenses</header><text>Each member of the Council may be allowed
travel or transportation expenses in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5703">section 5703</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, while away from the member's home or regular place of
business in the performance of services for the Council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd00a53656cd04ab78c9e4003f3302962"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
Chairperson of the Council shall be the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3673eef2553b4300b9b1d8430affe53f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Council shall meet at the call of the Chairperson, not less frequently than 4
times each year. The first meeting shall be not less than 4 months after the
date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID07ef2557233d418eb354b64691073177"><enum>803.</enum><header>Duties of the
Council</header>
<subsection id="ID2c3ad9bb0d614dd19f936e7c37bb348a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The duties of the Council shall be to provide advice and
recommendations, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0cebe1ed6cbb4d42be122ae33737bd78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensuring
communication among agencies administering programs designed to serve youth,
especially those in disadvantaged situations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdbe63f90296d4a9198d6cdf066906cc3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assessing the
needs of youth, especially those in disadvantaged situations, and those who
work with youth, and the quantity and quality of Federal programs offering
services, supports, and opportunities to help youth in their educational,
social, emotional, physical, vocational, and civic development, in coordination
with the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdc4887e1321041e880a7be4a0c03e2e0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommending
quantifiable goals and objectives for such programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf49fb9c8213e4965af80661ebeb6adf7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>making
recommendations for the allocation of resources in support of such goals and
objectives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID55eebc1e7cc8421babdac45b933daed3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identifying
possible areas of overlap or duplication in the purpose and operation of
programs serving youth and recommending ways to better facilitate the
coordination and consultation among, and improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of, such programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4e7a5ba238974e619d549667f91189e2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>identifying
target populations of youth who are disproportionately at risk and assisting
agencies in focusing additional resources on such youth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID15833993ce2240a0b411c749e15f8cab"><enum>(7)</enum><text>developing a
plan, including common indicators of youth well-being that are consistent with
the indicators tracked by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family
Statistics, and assisting Federal agencies, at the request of 1 or more such
agencies, in coordinating to achieve the goals and objectives described in
paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd51bcdba485f4da6a4930aa02757566d"><enum>(8)</enum><text>assisting Federal
agencies, at the request of 1 or more such agencies, in collaborating
on—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6C3C818A926E4D67B1E97DAA70594027"><enum>(A)</enum><text>model programs
and demonstration projects focusing on special populations, including youth in
foster care and migrant youth;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA23EBE8E49DE489DA45025C32AC8E54A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projects to
promote parental involvement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id378345D0DFFD4960B6047CA3FC7CA252"><enum>(C)</enum><text>projects that
work to involve young people in service programs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID34710e1037b441cba261f07273b23cbf"><enum>(9)</enum><text>soliciting and
documenting ongoing input and recommendations from—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDeb5f9c62f7794fc489485453d0272dc3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>youth, especially
youth in disadvantaged situations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9bb975fa3feb4500989361edc4fc8798"><enum>(B)</enum><text>national youth
development experts, researchers, parents, community-based organizations,
including faith-based organizations, foundations, business leaders, youth
service providers, and teachers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf0880908a4ee49edacf03efee366e09d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>State and local
government agencies, particularly agencies serving children and youth;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID808ed6d7ae70484a852d28877917c362"><enum>(10)</enum><text>working with
Federal agencies—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4A5C62DA8834485188D7A19D6CB8092A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to promote
high-quality research and evaluation, identify and replicate model programs and
promising practices, and provide technical assistance relating to the needs of
youth; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6C37E34553514452A7244A3873245726"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to coordinate the
collection and dissemination of youth services-related data and
research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID05a5429bbd534bd1b043fdf13a74049e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Council may provide technical assistance to a
State at the request of a State to support a State-funded council for
coordinating State youth efforts.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID322234d3a31241db9c36f042b6a4bece"><enum>804.</enum><header>Coordination
with existing interagency coordination entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out the duties described in
section 803, the Council shall coordinate the efforts of the Council with other
Federal, State, and local coordinating entities in order to complement and not
duplicate efforts, including the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDf82297b91f3d47739e4595c25f19b402"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Coordinating with
the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, established under
Executive Order 13045 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> note; relating to protection of children
from environmental health risks and safety risks), on matters pertaining to
data collection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc86e918fef6c467bb43f5d35cea884fc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Coordinating with
the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, established under
section 201 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11311">42 U.S.C. 11311</external-xref>), on
matters pertaining to homelessness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2407996737FC4E8BA41A1202E925CAF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Coordinating with
the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
established under section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5616">42 U.S.C. 5616</external-xref>), on matters pertaining to programs for
at-risk youth.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID1e309e4672f345e6bbe9ee830d824c0f"><enum>805.</enum><header>Assistance of
staff</header>
<subsection id="IDb641aa6722114f15a5c6909a1fef6123"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation of
individual</header><text>The Chairperson is authorized to designate an
individual to have responsibility for assisting in carrying out the duties of
the Council under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID769b237928634463af5d433d290d807c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Staff of
Federal agencies</header><text>Upon request of the Council, the head of any
Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable
basis, any of the personnel of the department or agency to the Council to
assist in carrying out the Council's duties under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDf8e089d8dace48868b164984e19e91dc"><enum>806.</enum><header>Powers of the
Council</header>
<subsection id="idF3A6B1945F9A474BA5D31A4BE0EB4117"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mails</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Council may use the United States mails
in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4b5d095ec7fe431682b47060fcb430d5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative
support services</header><text>Upon the request of the Council, the
Administrator of General Services shall provide to the Council, on a
reimbursable basis, the administrative support services necessary for the
Council to carry out its responsibilities under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID1ff05c1f49d54c48888998d08d49dec0"><enum>807.</enum><header>Report</header>
<subsection id="idC49A31C6BD344246A1B3DCDC7AF21CA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interim
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the first meeting of the Council, the Council shall transmit to the
relevant committees of Congress an interim report of the findings of the
Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0509269D13A74F91BAEBEB6D6B169DB8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years
after the first meeting of the Council, the Council shall transmit to the
relevant committees of Congress a final report of the Council's findings and
recommendations, which report shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe16e97a0c0a64b45b11f8fbbfbd94fe2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include a
comprehensive list of recent research and statistical reporting by various
Federal agencies on the overall well-being of youth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8961ad2b0a9249a3a8315aee29f11319"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include the
assessment of the needs of youth and those who serve youth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID874496037cb743e0a12106d1a6a4d2fb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include a summary
of the plan described in section 803(a)(7);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID76f3c5fff7824f0ba4be075f6a5a29e8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommend ways to
coordinate and improve Federal training and technical assistance, information
sharing, and communication among the various Federal programs and agencies
serving youth, as the Chairperson determines appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3d9ff12e522c466c9771d42071ec3c4e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>include
recommendations to better integrate and coordinate policies across agencies at
the Federal, State, and local levels, including any recommendations the
Chairperson determines appropriate, if any, for legislation and administrative
actions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID193634f4912b4e16a68b6eb5a257c182"><enum>(6)</enum><text>include a summary
of actions the Council has taken at the request of Federal agencies to
facilitate collaboration and coordination on youth serving programs and the
results of those collaborations, if available;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe6b0c1ce82d243ed91e4891aa74b478d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include a summary
of the action the Council has taken at the request of States to provide
technical assistance under section 803(b), if applicable; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID39699a06470b40e8a491dd316b0f04aa"><enum>(8)</enum><text>include a summary
of the input and recommendations from the groups identified in section
803(a)(9).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDb66e445441fc4d5cb60f754e815228a8"><enum>808.</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Council shall terminate 60 days after
transmitting the final report under section 807(b).</text>
</section><section id="IDf01f4bac178b4583b06c40bf0aa3d1fa"><enum>809.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $1,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2007 and 2008.</text>
</section><enum>IX</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<section commented="no" id="idC786B8032A4445B1BB1EAE2E4841E676"><enum>901.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to other Acts</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id4600122E400D424E846A50F1CE95EF49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Older Americans
Act Amendments of 1987</header><text>Section 205(1) of the Older Americans Act
Amendments of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3001">42 U.S.C. 3001</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>section
102(17) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3002">42 U.S.C. 3002(17)</external-xref>)</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
3002)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idDC966AD60258479BBA60AFD765BC79AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Energy
Conservation and Production Act</header><text>Section 412(6) of the Energy
Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6862">42 U.S.C. 6862(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively, of section 102</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 102</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section>