S3271-119

In Committee

In-Home CARE Act

119th Congress Introduced Nov 20, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

Creates a competitive grant program for home visiting, assessment, education, and referral services that support family caregivers and help care recipients remain at home.

Who Benefits and How

Family caregivers gain access to in-home assessment, education, training, referrals, and support services that can reduce burnout and help care recipients avoid institutionalization.

Who Bears the Burden and How

HHS must run the grant program and eligible organizations must provide extensive services, coordination, and reporting tied to the grants.

Key Provisions

  • Establishes a 3-year competitive grant program for caregiver home visiting services.
  • Defines eligible organizations, family caregivers, and the required assessment, training, referral, and support activities.
  • Requires coordination with federal caregiving and health programs and prioritizes evidence-based, sustainable programs.

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 a competitive grant program for home visiting, assessment, education, and referral services that support family caregivers and help care recipients remain at home.

Key Policy Areas

Social Welfare, Healthcare, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

Creates a competitive grant program for home visiting, assessment, education, and referral services that support family caregivers and help care recipients remain at home.

Policy Domains

Social Welfare Healthcare Government Operations

Main Provisions

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Family caregivers
  • Individuals with chronic conditions, disabilities, or functional limitations receiving care at home
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • HHS grant administrators
  • Grant recipients responsible for delivering the required services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 20, 2025

Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Kim) introduced the following …

Nov 20, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Nov 20, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

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

Social Services
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Eligible organizations providing caregiver support services

Individual And Family Services
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Family caregivers receiving home visiting support

2/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Social Welfare Healthcare Government Operations

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