OLDER AMERICANS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of HHS: provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2786), H5885 [1AU]

Dept. of Labor: expand the Senior Community Service Employment Program (see H.R. 3749), H10014 [20DE]

Senior citizens: develop and test expanded and advanced role for direct care workers who provide long-term services and supports to older individuals to coordinate care and improve efficiency (see S. 1982), S8547 [13DE]

———encourage Federal job training programs that target older adults to work with nonprofit organizations to implement research-based technology curriculum designed for older adults (see H.R. 877), H1524 [2MR]

———establish a Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights, establish State Home Care Ombudsman Programs, and provide quality assurance for home and community-based services (see S. 1750), S6871 [20OC]

———improve programs and services by ensuring family caregiver support, strengthening long-term care ombudsman program, and enhancing legal assistance programs (see S. 1819), S7187 [8NO]

Texts of

S. 1819, Strengthening Services for America's Seniors Act, S7189-S7191 [8NO]