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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2015 [S.1937]
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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Act to allow an Indian tribe to assume, from a nearby local educational agency (LEA) and in lieu of a state, responsibility for administration of the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, the child and adult care food program, or the summer food service program for children. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must identify, for optional use in LEAs on or near Indian reservations, alternatives to current program requirements related to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 08/04/2015
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Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016 [S.192]
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Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA), with respect to the Administration on Aging, to require the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs to collect and analyze best practices related to responding to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in long-term care facilities, and publish a report on them. The Administration shall have a duty and function to: provide information and technical assistance to states, area agencies on aging, and service providers, in collaboration
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Became Public Law No: 114-144. (txt | Pdf) on 04/19/2016
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Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act [S.1833]
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Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to modify the food program for child and adult care institutions and family or group day care homes. The bill increases the payment rate for program meals relative to the national average payment rate for meals served in schools. However, an eligible child care center operating a free-of-charge program in a high-poverty area may elect to instead receive special payments calculated using a blended per-meal rate. Additionally, the bill:
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 07/22/2015
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Transition to Independence Act [S.1604]
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Transition to Independence Act This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program over five fiscal years, beginning with FY2017, under which a Medicaid Buy-In State meeting certain criteria may receive bonus payments for: meeting specific measurable benchmarks in expanding individual integrated employment and reducing subminimum wage work, congregate setting work, or facility-based day habilitation placements for working-age individuals with a disability receiving Medicaid-funded home or community-based
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/18/2015
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Expressing the sense of the Congress on Hunger in our Communities. [HCR-80]
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Expressing the sense of the Congress on Hunger in our Communities. Expresses the sense of Congress on hunger in our communities by resolving that Congress should: increase support for programs that will strengthen wages and move the nation toward full employment; increase funding for programs such as Unemployment Insurance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), refundable tax credits, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program); appropriate funds for the Department of Agriculture to
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition. on 10/15/2015
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Family Care Savings Act [HB-750]
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[Taxes ]
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Family Care Savings Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance to $10,000 in a taxable year and to provide for an inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2015.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Introduced In House on 02/05/2015
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Transition to Independence Act of 2016 [HB-5903]
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[Disabilities ]
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Transition to Independence Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program over five fiscal years, beginning with FY2018, under which a Medicaid Buy-In State meeting certain criteria may receive bonus payments for: meeting specific measurable benchmarks in expanding individual integrated employment and reducing subminimum wage work, congregate setting work, or facility-based day habilitation placements for working-age individuals with a disability receiving Medicaid-funded home or community-based
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Introduced In House on 07/14/2016
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Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act [HB-5701]
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Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and federal civil service law to entitle to leave an eligible employee, including a federal employee, to care for an adult child, grandparent, or grandchild (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if that person has a serious health condition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 09/19/2016
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Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016 [HB-5196]
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Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow caregivers a tax credit for up to $6,000 of the eldercare expenses incurred for their parents (or ancestors of such parents). It also amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase and extend through FY2020 the authorization of appropriations for the National Family Caregiver Support Program, and (2) require the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant to or enter into a cooperative agreement with a public or private nonprofit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Peters
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/19/2016
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Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act [HB-5018]
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[Public Health ]
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[Crime ]
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Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) ensure that all programs funded under such Act include appropriate training in elder abuse prevention and services addressing elder justice and exploitation; and (2) update periodically the need for such training related to prevention of abuse, neglect, and exploitation (including financial exploitation) of older adults. The Administration has a duty and function to:
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 09/19/2016
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Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 [HB-5003]
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Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reauthorize and modify: (1) child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other institutional food service programs; and (2) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The bill extends the authorizations for: the Summer Food Service Program, WIC, the WIC Farmer's Market Nutrition Program, and State Administrative Expenses.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Todd Rokita
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Education And The Workforce. H. Rept. 114-852, Part I. on 12/08/2016
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Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015 [HB-4212]
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Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program through which up to five eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations shall provide home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries. For purposes of the demonstration program, an eligible Medicare beneficiary is ineligible for Medicaid and unable to perform two or more activities of daily living. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/11/2015
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To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States to the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida. [HB-4056]
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To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States to the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida. (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States in the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Mica
Became Public Law No: 114-130. (txt | Pdf) on 02/29/2016
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Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act [HB-3886]
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Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to revise several provisions related to the child and adult care food program. Under current law: (1) an institution that provides child or day care under the program may be reimbursed for up to two meals and one supplement per day per child; and (2) a family or group day care home sponsoring organization may receive the same maximum reimbursement, but only with respect to a child that is maintained in a child care setting for at least eight
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/23/2016
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Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act [HB-3860]
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Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves. Definitions of "companionship services" and "domestic service employment" are detailed. Excluded from companionship services are any relating to the care and protection of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016
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Fairness for Families Act of 2015 [HB-3647]
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[Disabilities ]
Fairness for Families Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "mental or physical disability" as a mental or physical impairment or physical disability that: (1) a licensed examining physician designated by the Department of State has determined renders the individual unable to care for himself or herself as an adult, and (2) because of this impairment or disability the individual's parent or sibling is solely responsible for the individual's care. U.S. citizens' sons and daughters with mental or physical disabilities
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Sponsored by: Rep. Beto O'Rourke
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 11/03/2015
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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3502]
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[Education ]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Act to allow an Indian tribe to assume, from a nearby local educational agency (LEA) and in lieu of a state, responsibility for administration of the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, the child and adult care food program, or the summer food service program for children. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must identify, for optional use in LEAs on or near Indian reservations, alternatives to current program requirements related to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/23/2016
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Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015 [HB-3377]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit, including any lump-sum death payment, payable under OASDI on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual. Wages shall be deemed to have been paid (according to a specified formula) during each month in which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 08/12/2015
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Veterans Residential Care Choice Act [HB-3019]
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Veterans Residential Care Choice Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), at the request of an eligible veteran for whom the VA is required to provide domiciliary, nursing home, adult day health, or hospital care, or who is determined to be in need of such care, to place the veteran (at the expense of the United States) in a state licensed or certified residential care facility that meets VA standards if the cost of providing such care through the facility is less than the cost of providing the care through any other available
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/17/2015
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Community Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015 [HB-2704]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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[Social Security ]
[Community Development ]
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Community Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015 This bill amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to provide home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/12/2015