S3231-119

Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to develop and expand integrated caregiver support services for family caregivers, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Nov 20, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

Creates grants to develop and expand integrated caregiver support services that combine respite care with other supportive services.

Who Benefits and How

Family caregivers could gain better access to respite care and support services designed to reduce stress and improve sustainability of care.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The federal government would need to administer the grant program, and service providers would have to meet accessibility and language-access requirements.

Key Provisions

  • Provides grants for integrated caregiver support services that include respite care.
  • Allows direct service provision or contracts with healthcare and child care providers.
  • Requires accessibility features including assistive technology, translation, interpretation, and sign language support.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Creates grants to develop and expand integrated caregiver support services that combine respite care with other supportive services.

Key Policy Areas

Social Welfare, Healthcare, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

Creates grants to develop and expand integrated caregiver support services that combine respite care with other supportive services.

Policy Domains

Social Welfare Healthcare Government Operations

Main Provisions

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Family caregivers needing respite care and related support services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Federal aging-program administrators
  • Grant recipients subject to accessibility requirements
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 20, 2025

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Kim) introduced …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Individual Caregivers
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Family caregivers receiving respite care and integrated support services

Nonprofits
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Nonprofit and community entities eligible to provide caregiver support services

2/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Social Welfare Healthcare Government Operations

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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