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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1132 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include peer supports as |
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| 6 | 6 | | a supportive service within the National Family Caregiver Support Pro- |
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| 7 | 7 | | gram, to require States to consider the unique needs of caregivers whose |
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| 8 | 8 | | families have been impacted by substance use disorder, including opioid |
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| 9 | 9 | | use disorder, in providing services under such program, and for other |
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| 10 | 10 | | purposes. |
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| 11 | 11 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 12 | 12 | | MARCH26, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. B |
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| 14 | 14 | | UDD(for himself and Mr. LUJA´N) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 15 | 15 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Labor, and Pensions |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include peer |
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| 19 | 19 | | supports as a supportive service within the National |
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| 20 | 20 | | Family Caregiver Support Program, to require States |
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| 21 | 21 | | to consider the unique needs of caregivers whose families |
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| 22 | 22 | | have been impacted by substance use disorder, including |
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| 23 | 23 | | opioid use disorder, in providing services under such |
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| 24 | 24 | | program, and for other purposes. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Families Care Act’’. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •S 1132 IS |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PRO-1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | GRAM. 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 373 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | U.S.C. 3030s–1) is amended— 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘peer sup-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ports,’’ after ‘‘individual counseling,’’; 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) in subsection (c)— 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘P |
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| 41 | 41 | | RIORITY’’ and inserting ‘‘PRIORITY; CONSID-9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ERATION’’; and 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 45 | 45 | | ONSIDERATION.—In providing services 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | under this part, the State shall consider the cir-13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | cumstances and unique needs of different types of 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | caregivers, including the needs of children and their 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | older relative caregivers whose families have been af-16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | fected by substance use disorder, including opioid 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | use disorder.’’; and 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) in subsection (e)— 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all that fol-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | lows through ‘‘the Assistant Secretary shall’’ 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | and inserting ‘‘The Assistant Secretary shall, 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | on a regular basis’’; and 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | •S 1132 IS |
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| 61 | 61 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘make 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | available’’ and inserting ‘‘prepare, publish, and 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | disseminate’’. 3 |
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