S4776-118

Reported

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 25, 2024

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

This bill, To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Social Welfare, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section idac37637e-1f44-406b-9b1e-073d02c38c9f: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024.
  • Section id8db8805a-0304-4d61-b669-e89677dda6a1: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section idaa55dc63-5ad3-48c5-bcd5-263f139c35cb: 3. References Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a...
  • Section id31cfac61-0afa-444d-81fc-5d3497202251: 4. Definitions In this Act, the terms area agency on aging, Assistant Secretary, older individual, and Secretary have the meanings given such terms in section...
  • Section id5b7a5d17-3682-4dfa-863c-e0ed505b646c: 101. Declaration of objectives Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 3001) is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking of the following objectives: and...

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

This bill, To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Social Welfare, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Social Welfare Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 12, 2024

Reported by Mr. Sanders, with an amendment

Jul 25, 2024

Mr. Sanders (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Casey, Ms. Collins, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

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

Government
32 mentions across 32 clauses
+6 positive -26 negative

Administration for Community Living, Administration on Aging, Assistant Secretary for Aging

Positive-direction: Indian Tribes, Indian Tribes and Native American aging programs, Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations

Negative-direction: Administration for Community Living, Administration on Aging, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Government Accountability Office, HHS Secretary, Title VI grantees, Title VI grantees serving Native Americans

Social Services
29 mentions across 29 clauses
+27 positive -2 negative

Aging network organizations, Aging policy stakeholders, Aging services grant recipients

Positive-direction: Aging network organizations, Aging policy stakeholders, Aging services grant recipients, Area agencies on aging, Centers for independent living, Family caregivers, Grandparent caregivers, Multipurpose senior centers, Nutrition program providers, Older individuals, Older individuals lacking broadband access, Older individuals needing home modifications

Negative-direction: State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs

State & Local Government
8 mentions across 8 clauses
+8 positive

Local governments, State agencies on aging

Healthcare
6 mentions across 6 clauses
+6 positive

Direct care workers, Older individuals with chronic conditions, Older individuals with disabilities

Health Care Providers
5 mentions across 5 clauses
+3 positive -2 negative

Aging services providers, Health promotion service providers, Mental health and substance use service providers

Positive-direction: Health promotion service providers, Mental health and substance use service providers

Negative-direction: Aging services providers

Research & Science
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

National Academies of Sciences

Business Support Services
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

For-profit service providers

Vocational Training Services
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Older workers in SCSEP

106/124
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Social Welfare Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"Indian tribe means any tribe and inserting the term Indian Tribe" §idf1d05613723945cc9ab2e7d60f612718

any Tribe; and in paragraph (56), by striking the term tribal organization means and inserting the term Tribal organization means

"child or youth" §ide7ba21b5-5b4a-4153-9822-695c97607652

an individual who is not more than— 18 years of age

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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