119-hr1812

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1812 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1812

 To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a grant program 
 for multigenerational activities for long-term care facilities.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 3, 2025

 Ms. Strickland (for herself and Mr. Steil) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a grant program 
 for multigenerational activities for long-term care facilities.

 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 ``Care Across Generations Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FUNDING OF MULTIGENERATIONAL 
 PROGRAMS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

 Part A of title IV of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3032 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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SEC. 423. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FUNDING OF 
 MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

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    (a) Establishment of Grant Program.--The Assistant Secretary 
shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to--
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    (1) operate a qualified child care facility within the 
 long-term care facility or contract with a qualified child care 
 facility;
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    (2) coordinate multigenerational activities between the 
 integrated qualified child care facility and long-term care 
 facility; and
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    (3) build a new, or expand an existing, long-term care 
 facility operated by the eligible entity for any of the 
 purposes described in paragraph

    (1) or

    (2) .
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    (b) Application.--An entity seeking a grant under this section 
shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Assistant 
Secretary may reasonably require; and in accordance the requirements 
specified in subsection

    (g) .
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            (c) Evaluation and Report.--
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    (1) Evaluation.--Each eligible entity receiving a grant 
 under this section shall evaluate--
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        (A) the effectiveness of the entity in operating 
 a qualified child care facility within an long-term 
 care facility as required under subsection

    (a)

    (1) ;
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        (B) the effectiveness of the multigenerational 
 activities coordinated under subsection

    (a)

    (2) ; and
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            (C) the impact on older individuals and children 
 of the 14 co-location and multigenerational activities 
 carried out by the entity.
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    (2) Report.--Each eligible entity receiving a grant under 
 this section shall, not later than 6 months after the 
 expiration of the period for which the grant is in effect, 
 submit a report to the Assistant Secretary containing the 
 evaluation under paragraph

    (1) .
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            (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after the 
Assistant Secretary receives all reports required under subsection
            (c) (2) , the Assistant Secretary shall prepare and submit to the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 
report that assesses the evaluations contained in the reports required 
under subsection
            (c) (2) . The report required of the Assistant Secretary 
under this subsection shall include, at a minimum--
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    (1) the names and addresses of all eligible entities that 
 received grants under this section;
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    (2) a description of the methods such eligible entities 
 used in operating qualified child care facilities within long-
 term care facilities as required under subsection

    (a)

    (1) ;
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    (3) a description of the methods such eligible entities 
 used in coordinating multigenerational activities required 
 under subsection

    (a)

    (2) ;
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    (4) a strategy for disseminating the findings resulting 
 from the projects carried out through grants under this 
 section; and
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    (5) any policy change recommendations relating to 
 operating qualified child care facilities within long-term care 
 facilities.
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    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-As used in this section:
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    (1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means an 
 organization operating an long-term care facility that submits 
 an application meeting the requirements under subsection

    (b) .
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    (2) Long-term care facility.--The term `long-term care 
 facility' means--
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        (A) any skilled nursing facility, as defined in 
 

section 1819

    (a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
 1395i-3

    (a) );
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        (B) any nursing facility, as defined in 

section 1919

    (a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
 1396r

    (a) );
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            (C) a board and care facility; and
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            (D) any other adult care home, including an 
 assisted living facility, similar to a facility or 
 institution described in subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (C) .
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    (3) Multigenerational activity.--The term 
 `multigenerational activity' shall have the meaning given such 
 term in 

section 417

    (h)

    (1) .
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    (4) Qualified child care facility.--The term `qualified 
 child care facility' means a facility--
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        (A) the principal use of which is to provide 
 child care assistance; and
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        (B) that meets the requirements of all applicable 
 laws and regulations of the State or local government 
 in which the facility is located, including with 
 respect to the licensing of the facility as a child 
 care facility.
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    (f) Grant Periods.--Each grant awarded under subsection

    (a) shall 
be for a period of not less than 36 months.
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    (g) Additional Requirements.--An application submitted by an 
eligible entity pursuant to subsection

    (b) shall include a 
certification that, for purposes of infection control and prevention, 
such entity--
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    (1) conducts a screening process for all visitors of such 
 entity; and
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    (2) is in compliance with all applicable state and local 
 sanitation and infection control requirements.''.
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