[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4578 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4578

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2024

 Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Casey) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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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