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To provide funding for needed child and adult care so that essential workers can report to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. [HB-6460]
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Provides funding for FY2020 for child and adult-dependent care services for essential workers. Essential workers include (1) health-sector employees, (2) emergency responders, (3) sanitation workers, (4) employees of businesses required to remain open during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, and (5) other workers a state deems essential and who are unable to telework. Eligibility for such funding is not based on income.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 04/07/2020
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Helping Health Care Workers Afford Child and Elder Care Act [S.3567]
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Provides funding for FY2020 for child and adult-dependent care services for essential workers. Essential workers include (1) health-sector employees, (2) emergency responders, (3) sanitation workers, (4) employees of businesses required to remain open during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, and (5) other workers a state deems essential and who are unable to telework. Eligibility for such funding is not based on income.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/22/2020
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act [HB-6201]
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Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free COVID-19 testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid funding. DIVISION A--SECOND CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 Second Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 This division provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations for federal agencies to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. The supplemental appropriations are
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey
Engrossment Correction on 03/19/2020
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COVID–19 Child Nutrition Response Act [HB-6203]
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Modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to allow certain waivers of program requirements with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, through July 31, 2020, USDA may establish a single waiver of child nutrition program requirements for all states under the National School Lunch Program for purposes of providing meals and snacks with appropriate safety measures due to COVID-19 (States may elect to be subject to a waiver without USDA's approval.), issue a waiver of requirements to allow
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Introduced In House on 03/11/2020
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Veterans Residential Care Choice Act [HB-4985]
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Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to place certain veterans in licensed or certified residential care facilities at the request of such veterans. Specifically, the bill concerns veterans to whom the VA is required to provide domiciliary, nursing home, adult day health, or hospital care. Licensed or certified residential care facilities include, but are not limited to, assisted living facilities, basic care facilities, community residences, enriched housing programs, homes for the aged, personal care homes, and shared housing establishments.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Courtney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/02/2019
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Help America Run Act [S.2726]
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Allows certain personal use services to be considered as campaign committee expenditures, including child care, elder care, and health insurance, if the services are necessary to enable a candidate to participate in campaign-connected activities. The amount a committee may pay a candidate as salary is reduced by the amount paid for child care and elder care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 10/29/2019
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Child Care Flex Spending Act of 2019 [S.2230]
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Increases the amount that employees may exclude from their gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Murphy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/23/2019
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Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act [HB-4452]
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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
Introduced In House on 09/20/2019
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Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2019 [HB-4278]
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Requires the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate) for programs to guarantee employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 09/10/2019
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Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2019 [S.2457]
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Requires the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate) for programs to guarantee employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/10/2019
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Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2019 [HB-4126]
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Credits certain individuals who provide at least 80 hours of care per month to dependent relatives without monetary compensation with up to five years of deemed wages (determined by a specified formula) for purposes of determining Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits. However, this requirement shall not apply if a larger benefit or payment would otherwise be payable. The bill also authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to support state programs that provide medical training to individuals who provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/31/2019
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Child Care Flex Spending Act of 2019 [HB-3903]
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Increases the amount that employees may exclude from their gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Introduced In House on 07/23/2019
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Medicare Adult Day Services Act of 2019 [HB-4063]
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Provides for Medicare coverage and payment of certified adult day services that meet specified requirements. Among other things, services must be furnished by an authorized home- and community-based services provider at a certified adult day services center and in accordance with a physician-approved plan. Covered services include nursing services, physical therapy, nutritional meals, physical activities, and medication-management programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/26/2019
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Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2019 [HB-3461]
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Establishes 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 must be ineligible for Medicaid and unable to perform two or more activities of daily living. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall establish payment rates for eligible MA plans under the demonstration program. Such payment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/26/2019
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Child and Dependent Care Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-3397]
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Increases the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance and allows individuals to carry forward into the next taxable year unused flexible spending arrangement account balances
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 06/20/2019
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Economic Mobility Act of 2019 [HB-3300]
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Modifies provisions relating to the earned income tax credit, the child tax credit, and the child and dependent care tax credit. Among other things, it increases the earned income tax credit in 2019 and 2020 for individuals with no qualifying children, makes the child and dependent care tax credits fully refundable during the same period, increases the child tax credit for children under the age of 4, increases the exclusion from employee gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance, and provides for payments to U.S. possessions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Norcross
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 116-384. on 02/04/2020
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Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2019 [S.1351]
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Allows a tax credit for a portion of a taxpayer's expenses for eldercare. The credit applies to expenses to care for certain relatives or members of the taxpayer's household who have attained the age of 65 and require assistance with activities of daily living. Eldercare expense include amounts paid for medical care, lodging away from home, adult day services, personal care, respite care, assistive technologies and devices (including remote health monitoring), environmental modifications (including home modifications), and counseling or training
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/07/2019
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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2019 [S.1307]
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Allows 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 the daily counting of meals by category, the use of annual applications to determine program eligibility,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/02/2019
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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-2494]
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Allows 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 the daily counting of meals by category, the use of annual applications to determine program eligibility,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/02/2019
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Help America Run Act [HB-1623]
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Allows certain personal use services to be considered as campaign committee expenditures, including child care, elder care, and health insurance, if the services are necessary to enable a candidate to participate in campaign-connected activities. The candidate may not be a current federal officeholder. The amount a committee may pay a candidate as salary is reduced by the amount paid for child care and elder care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Katie Porter
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 10/30/2019