US Congress Senate Bill 2089 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on November 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017 This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include the specific needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals among the "greatest social needs" served under that Act. An LGBT individual shall be considered a "minority" for purposes of services provided under the Act. The bill authorizes the Administration of Aging to designate within it a person with responsibility for addressing issues affecting LGBT older individuals. In addition, the administration shall conduct studies and collect data to determine the services needed by LGBT older individuals. The administration shall establish and operate the National Resource Center on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging to provide national, state, and local organizations with the information and technical assistance needed by those organizations to effectively serve LGBT older individuals. The Long-Term Care Ombudsman of each state shall, as a condition of receiving certain federal funding under the Act, collect and analyze data related to discrimination against LGBT older individuals in long-term care settings.

LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017

Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4222 (Related) 2017-11-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2089/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2089/BILLS-115s2089is.pdf