Introduced:
Feb 12, 2025
Policy Area:
Social Welfare
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Cosponsors
1
Summaries
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Latest Action
Feb 12, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 2025
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<p><strong>Long-Term Care Transparency Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Administration on Aging to submit to Congress an annual report that (1) aggregates reports submitted to the administration by state long-term care ombudsman offices for the year, and (2) summarizes the findings of such reports. </p><p>(State long-term care ombudsman programs investigate and respond to complaints by and on behalf of residents in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other adult care homes. Each state long-term care ombudsman office is required to submit an annual report to the administration including data related to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities and an evaluation of the problems experienced by long-term care residents.) </p>
Actions (3)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced in House
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| Code: Intro-H
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Feb 12, 2025
Subjects (4)
Congressional oversight
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social Welfare
(Policy Area)
State and local government operations
Cosponsors (6)
(D-OH)
Jul 23, 2025
Jul 23, 2025
(R-NJ)
Mar 25, 2025
Mar 25, 2025
(R-NY)
Feb 26, 2025
Feb 26, 2025
(D-NC)
Feb 12, 2025
Feb 12, 2025
(R-PA)
Feb 12, 2025
Feb 12, 2025
(R-NY)
Feb 12, 2025
Feb 12, 2025
Full Bill Text
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Feb 12, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 16, 2025 6:12 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1256 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1256
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require reports to Congress
on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2025
Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Davis of North Carolina,
and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Workforce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require reports to Congress
on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1256 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1256
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require reports to Congress
on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2025
Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Davis of North Carolina,
and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Workforce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require reports to Congress
on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Long-Term Care Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2.
Chapter 2 of subtitle A of title VII of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``
SEC. 714.
``Each year, the Assistant Secretary shall submit, to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on
Aging of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of
the House of Representatives, a report that--
``
(1) aggregates all reports submitted under
section 712
(h) for such year; and
``
(2) provides a summary of the findings of such
reports.
(h) for such year; and
``
(2) provides a summary of the findings of such
reports.''.
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