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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1256 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require reports to Congress |
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| 6 | 6 | | on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY12, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | ANGWORTHY(for himself, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, |
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| 11 | 11 | | and Ms. T |
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| 12 | 12 | | ENNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require re- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ports to Congress on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman |
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| 17 | 17 | | Programs, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Long-Term Care 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Transparency Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 1256 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. REPORTING ON STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDS-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | MAN PROGRAMS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Chapter 2 of subtitle A of title VII of the Older Amer-3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | icans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058f et seq.) is amended 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘SEC. 714. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘Each year, the Assistant Secretary shall submit, to 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the House of Representatives, a report that— 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(1) aggregates all reports submitted under sec-12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tion 712(h) for such year; and 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) provides a summary of the findings of 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | such reports.’’. 15 |
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