Aging
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Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act Sent to President for Signature
This week, the Senate approved a House-amended version of the Older Americans Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S. 192). The bill reauthorizes aging programs for three years and includes reauthorization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Area...
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House to Consider Older Americans Act Reauthorization This Week
The House is set to take up its version of legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act this week. The Senate approved the Older Americans Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S. 192) last July and the House version of the bill...
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Senate Approves Older American Act Reauthorization
On July 16, the Senate approved bipartisan legislation (S. 192) to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA). The bill was passed under a Senate procedure reserved for non-controversial legislation requiring no recorded or voice vote. With no Senator raising objection,...
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Senate HELP Committee Advances Older Americans Act Reauthorization
On January 28, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) unanimously approved reauthorization of the bipartisan Older Americans Act of 2015 (OAA), S.192. The bill now heads to the full Senate for further consideration. Current authorization of...
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Legislation Introduced in Senate to Reauthorize Older Americans Act
On September 19, Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, introduced legislation (S. 3562) to reauthorize the Older Americans Act, a bill that directs social service programs for seniors....