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This bill would require a yearly report to Congress about State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, which help protect people living in nursing homes and other long-term care settings. The report would be prepared by the Assistant Secretary and would pull together information already submitted by the states, then give Congress a simple summary of what those reports show. The goal is to make it easier for lawmakers to see how these programs are working and what problems or trends are being reported.
- The yearly report would go to key committees in both the House and Senate that handle aging and education issues.
- The report would combine all state ombudsman reports submitted for that year and include a summary of the findings.
Official Summaries
Long-Term Care Transparency Act
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.
(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.)
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1256 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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.
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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
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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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Long-Term Care Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING ON STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAMS.
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. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
``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.''.
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