[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H7131-H7132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           LIFESPAN RESPITE CARE REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2020

  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce be discharged from further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 8906) to amend title XXIX of the Public 
Health Service Act to reauthorize the program under such title relating 
to lifespan respite care, and ask for its immediate consideration in 
the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 8906

       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 ``Lifespan Respite Care 
     Reauthorization Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF LIFESPAN RESPITE CARE PROGRAM.

       (a) Data Collection and Reporting.--Section 2904 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ii-3) is amended to 
     read as follows:

     ``SEC. 2904. DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.

       ``(a) In General.--Each State agency awarded a grant or 
     cooperative agreement under section 2902 shall report such 
     data, information, and metrics as the Secretary may require 
     for purposes of--
       ``(1) evaluating State programs and activities funded 
     pursuant to such grant or cooperative agreement, including 
     any results pursuant to section 2902(d)(2)(B)(xii); and
       ``(2) identifying effective programs and activities funded 
     pursuant to section 2902.
       ``(b) Report.--Not later than October 1, 2023, the 
     Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives regarding the outcomes of the programs and 
     activities funded pursuant to section 2902, including any 
     effective programs and activities identified.''.
       (b) Funding.--Section 2905 of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 300ii-4) is amended by striking ``title'' and all 
     that follows through the period and inserting ``title, 
     $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through fiscal year 
     2024.''.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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