Family Caregiving Research and Innovation Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Authorizes funding for family caregiving research and evaluation and updates Older Americans Act caregiver definitions to broaden and align the family caregiving support framework.
Who Benefits and How
Family caregivers could benefit from broader statutory recognition and future program improvements informed by dedicated research funding.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal administrators would need to implement definitional changes and oversee the new research funding stream.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes $30 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for family caregiving research and evaluation.
- Revises the definition of family caregiver and adds an older relative caregiver definition.
- Conforms Older Americans Act provisions to the revised family caregiving framework.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes funding for family caregiving research and evaluation and updates Older Americans Act caregiver definitions to broaden and align the family caregiving support framework.
Key Policy Areas
Social Welfare, Healthcare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Authorizes funding for family caregiving research and evaluation and updates Older Americans Act caregiver definitions to broaden and align the family caregiving support framework.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Family caregivers covered by the expanded statutory definitions
- Researchers studying caregiving policy and outcomes
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal administrators overseeing caregiver research and program alignment
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Family caregivers covered by the broadened Older Americans Act definitions
Research institutions conducting family caregiving research and evaluation
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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