Care Across Generations Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1670 To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a grant program for multigenerational activities for long-term care facilities. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 23 (legislative day, MAY 22), 2019 Mr. JONES (for himself and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu- cation, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a grant program for multigenerational activities for long- term care facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Care Across Genera- 4 tions Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1670.IS S1670 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1670 IS SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FUNDING 1 OF MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS IN 2 LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. 3 Part A of title IV of the Older Americans Act of 1965 4 (42 U.S.C. 3032 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 5 the following: 6 ‘‘SEC. 423. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FUND- 7 ING OF MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS IN 8 LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. 9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.—The 10 Assistant Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive 11 basis, to eligible entities to— 12 ‘‘(1) operate a qualified child care facility with- 13 in the long-term care facility operated by the eligible 14 entity; and 15 ‘‘(2) coordinate multigenerational activities be- 16 tween the integrated qualified child care facility and 17 long-term care facility. 18 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant under 19 this section shall submit an application to the Assistant 20 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 21 by such information as the Assistant Secretary may rea- 22 sonably require. 23 ‘‘(c) EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 24 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—Each eligible entity receiv- 25 ing a grant under this section shall evaluate— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1670.IS S1670 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 1670 IS ‘‘(A) the effectiveness of the entity in oper- 1 ating a qualified child care facility within a 2 long-term care facility as required under sub- 3 section (a)(1); 4 ‘‘(B) the effectiveness of the multigenera- 5 tional activities coordinated under subsection 6 (a)(2); and 7 ‘‘(C) the impact on older individuals of the 8 co-location and multigenerational activities car- 9 ried out by the entity. 10 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Each eligible entity receiving a 11 grant under this section shall, not later than 6 12 months after the expiration of the period for which 13 the grant is in effect, submit a report to the Assist- 14 ant Secretary containing the evaluation under para- 15 graph (1). 16 ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 17 months after the Assistant Secretary receives all reports 18 required under subsection (c)(2), the Assistant Secretary 19 shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Education 20 and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com- 21 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 22 Senate a report that assesses the evaluations contained in 23 the reports required under subsection (c)(2). The report 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1670.IS S1670 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 1670 IS required of the Assistant Secretary under this subsection 1 shall include, at a minimum— 2 ‘‘(1) the names and addresses of all eligible en- 3 tities that received grants under this section; 4 ‘‘(2) a description of the methods such eligible 5 entities used in operating qualified child care facili- 6 ties within long-term care facilities as required 7 under subsection (a)(1); 8 ‘‘(3) a description of the methods such eligible 9 entities used in coordinating multigenerational ac- 10 tivities required under subsection (a)(2); 11 ‘‘(4) a strategy for disseminating the findings 12 resulting from the projects carried out through 13 grants under this section; and 14 ‘‘(5) any policy change recommendations relat- 15 ing to operating qualified child care facilities within 16 long-term care facilities. 17 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 18 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en- 19 tity’ means an organization operating a long-term 20 care facility that submits an application meeting the 21 requirements under subsection (b). 22 ‘‘(2) MULTIGENERATIONAL ACTIVITY.—The 23 term ‘multigenerational activity’ means an activity 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1670.IS S1670 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 1670 IS that provides an opportunity for interaction between 1 two or more individuals of different generations. 2 ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED CHILD CARE FACILITY.—The 3 term ‘qualified child care facility’ means a facility— 4 ‘‘(A) the principal use of which is to pro- 5 vide child care assistance, and 6 ‘‘(B) that meets the requirements of all ap- 7 plicable laws and regulations of the State or 8 local government in which the facility is located, 9 including with respect to the licensing of the fa- 10 cility as a child care facility. 11 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 12 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 13 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 14 2020 through 2025.’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1670.IS S1670 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS