[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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