[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1091 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1091

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To establish a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising 
                             Grandchildren.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL TASK FORCE TO SUPPORT GRANDPARENTS RAISING 
              GRANDCHILDREN.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a Federal Task Force to 
Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (referred to in this section 
as the ``Task Force'').
    (b) Older Relative Caregiver.--In this section, the term ``older 
relative caregiver'' has the meaning given the term under section 
372(a)(3) of the National Family Caregiver Support (42 U.S.C. 
3030s(a)(3)).
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--The Task Force shall be composed of the 
        following members, or their designee:
                    (A) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
                    (B) The Attorney General.
                    (C) The Administrator of the Administration for 
                Community Living.
                    (D) The Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
                and Prevention.
                    (E) The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 
                Substance Use.
                    (F) The Assistant Secretary for the Administration 
                for Children and Families.
                    (G) The Director of the Indian Health Service.
                    (H) The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & 
                Medicaid Services.
                    (I) The head of each Federal department, agency, or 
                other governmental entity identified by the Secretary 
                of Health and Human Services as having 
                responsibilities, or administering programs, relating 
                to the current health, educational, nutritional, and 
                other needs and current issues affecting older relative 
                caregivers, including grandparents, raising children in 
                their care.
                    (J) A grandparent raising a grandchild or 
                grandchildren as well as another older relative 
                caregiver of children.
            (2) Lead agency.--The Department of Health and Human 
        Services shall be the lead agency for the Task Force.
    (d) Duties.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Information.--The Task Force shall identify, 
                coordinate, and disseminate information publicly about 
                Federal information, resources, and best practices 
                available, on the date of the determination, to help 
                older relative caregivers, including grandparents, 
                raising children in their care, including those raising 
                children in their care as a result of the opioid 
                crisis, meet the health, educational, nutritional, and 
                other needs of the children in their care as well as 
                maintain their own physical and mental health and 
                emotional well-being.
                    (B) Native americans.--In carrying out the duties 
                described in subparagraph (A), the Task Force shall 
                ensure that the needs of Native Americans (as defined 
                in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
                U.S.C. 3002)) are considered.
            (2) Report.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 360 days after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall 
                submit a report to the Special Committee on Aging, the 
                Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 
                and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee 
                on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Ways and 
                Means of the House of Representatives that includes--
                            (i) best practices, resources, and other 
                        useful information for older relative 
                        caregivers, including grandparents, raising 
                        children in their care; and
                            (ii) an identification of the gaps in needs 
                        of older relative caregivers, including 
                        grandparents, raising children in their care.
                    (B) Final report.--Not later than 4 years after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall 
                submit a final report to the Special Committee on 
                Aging, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                Pensions, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
                and the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the 
                Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on 
                Ways and Means of the House of Representatives that 
                includes the final findings of the Task Force, 
                recommendations for future actions to address issues 
                faced by older relative caregivers, including 
                grandparents, raising children in their care, and any 
                other useful information.
            (3) Process for public input.--The Task Force shall 
        establish a process for public input to inform the 
        identification of, and updates to, the best practices, 
        resources, and other useful information and the gaps in needs 
        described in paragraph (2), including a process for the public 
        to submit recommendations to the Task Force and an opportunity 
        for public comment.
    (e) Sunset.--The Task Force shall terminate on the date that is 5 
years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (f) Nonapplicability of FACA.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task Force.
    (g) Funding.--No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section. The Task Force shall be carried out with 
funds otherwise appropriated.

            Passed the Senate March 22, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1091

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

   To establish a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising 
                             Grandchildren.