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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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2025-02-12
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-02-12
Introduced in House
2025-02-12
Introduced in House
Full Bill Text
119 HR 1256 IH: Long-Term Care Transparency Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1256 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Long-Term Care Transparency Act . 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: 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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