[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10071 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10071

   To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant 
   Secretary for Aging to make available to States, area agencies on 
 aging, and service providers information and technical assistance to 
support the provision of evidence-informed practices that are likely to 
            improve health outcomes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2024

 Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mrs. Houchin, and Ms. Tenney) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant 
   Secretary for Aging to make available to States, area agencies on 
 aging, and service providers information and technical assistance to 
support the provision of evidence-informed practices that are likely to 
            improve health outcomes, 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 ``Evidence-Informed Health Promotion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EVIDENCE-INFORMED HEALTH PROMOTION.

    (a) Functions of Assistant Secretary.--Section 202 of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3012) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(28)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or, as applicable and 
                appropriate, evidence-informed practices that are 
                likely to improve health outcomes,'' after 
                ``services,''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``and practices'' after ``such 
                services''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(9)(B)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or, as applicable and 
                appropriate, evidence-informed practices that are 
                likely to improve health outcomes,'' after ``services 
                programs,''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``and practices'' after ``such 
                services''.
    (b) Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services.--Section 
361(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030m(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, or, as 
        applicable and appropriate, evidence-informed practices that 
        are likely to improve health outcomes,'' before ``and 
        information''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``, and, as 
        applicable and appropriate, evidence-informed practices that 
        are likely to improve health outcomes,'' before ``in different 
        settings''.
    (c) Falls Prevention and Chronic Disease Self-Management 
Education.--Section 411(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (15), by inserting ``or evidence-
        informed'' after ``evidence based''; and
            (2) in paragraph (16), by inserting ``or evidence-
        informed'' after ``evidence based''.
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