115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1091 

AN ACT 

To establish a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents 

Raising Grandchildren. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Grand3 parents Raising Grandchildren Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FEDERAL TASK FORCE TO SUPPORT GRAND5 PARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Fed7 eral Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising Grand8 children (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

9 (b) OLDER RELATIVE CAREGIVER.—In this section, 

10 the term ‘‘older relative caregiver’’ has the meaning given 

11 the term under section 372(a)(3) of the National Family 

12 Caregiver Support (42 U.S.C. 3030s(a)(3)). 

13 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall be 

15 composed of the following members, or their des16 ignee: 

17 (A) The Secretary of Health and Human 

18 Services. 

19 (B) The Attorney General. 

20 (C) The Administrator of the Administra21 tion for Community Living. 

22 (D) The Director of the Centers for Dis23 ease Control and Prevention. 

24 (E) The Assistant Secretary for Mental 

25 Health and Substance Use. 
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1 (F) The Assistant Secretary for the Ad2 ministration for Children and Families. 

3 (G) The Director of the Indian Health 

4 Service. 

5 (H) The Administrator of the Centers for 

6 Medicare & Medicaid Services. 

7 (I) The head of each Federal department, 

8 agency, or other governmental entity identified 

9 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

10 as having responsibilities, or administering pro11 grams, relating to the current health, edu12 cational, nutritional, and other needs and cur13 rent issues affecting older relative caregivers, 

14 including grandparents, raising children in their 

15 care. 

16 (J) A grandparent raising a grandchild or 

17 grandchildren as well as another older relative 

18 caregiver of children. 

19 (2) LEAD AGENCY.—The Department of Health 

20 and Human Services shall be the lead agency for the 

21 Task Force. 

22 (d) DUTIES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

24 (A) INFORMATION.—The Task Force shall 

25 identify, coordinate, and disseminate informa-
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1 tion publicly about Federal information, re2 sources, and best practices available, on the 

3 date of the determination, to help older relative 

4 caregivers, including grandparents, raising chil5 dren in their care, including those raising chil6 dren in their care as a result of the opioid cri7 sis, meet the health, educational, nutritional, 

8 and other needs of the children in their care as 

9 well as maintain their own physical and mental 

10 health and emotional well-being. 

11 (B) NATIVE AMERICANS.—In carrying out 

12 the duties described in subparagraph (A), the 

13 Task Force shall ensure that the needs of Na14 tive Americans (as defined in section 102 of the 

15 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

16 3002)) are considered. 

17 (2) REPORT.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 360 

19 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

20 the Task Force shall submit a report to the 

21 Special Committee on Aging, the Committee on 

22 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and 

23 the Committee on Finance of the Senate and 

24 the Committee on Education and the Work25 force, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
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1 and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

2 House of Representatives that includes— 

3 (i) best practices, resources, and other 

4 useful information for older relative care5 givers, including grandparents, raising chil6 dren in their care; and 

7 (ii) an identification of the gaps in 

8 needs of older relative caregivers, including 

9 grandparents, raising children in their 

10 care. 

11 (B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 4 

12 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

13 the Task Force shall submit a final report to 

14 the Special Committee on Aging, the Committee 

15 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 

16 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 

17 and the Committee on Education and the 

18 Workforce, the Committee on Energy and Com19 merce, and the Committee on Ways and Means 

20 of the House of Representatives that includes 

21 the final findings of the Task Force, rec22 ommendations for future actions to address 

23 issues faced by older relative caregivers, includ24 ing grandparents, raising children in their care, 

25 and any other useful information. 
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1 (3) PROCESS FOR PUBLIC INPUT.—The Task 

2 Force shall establish a process for public input to in3 form the identification of, and updates to, the best 

4 practices, resources, and other useful information 

5 and the gaps in needs described in paragraph (2), 

6 including a process for the public to submit rec7 ommendations to the Task Force and an opportunity 

8 for public comment. 

9 (e) SUNSET.—The Task Force shall terminate on the 

10 date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this 

11 Act. 

12 (f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Ad13 visory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to 

14 the Task Force. 

15 (g) FUNDING.—No additional funds are authorized 

16 to be appropriated to carry out this section. The Task 

17 Force shall be carried out with funds otherwise appro18 priated. 

Passed the Senate March 22, 2018. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1091 

AN ACT 

To establish a Federal Task Force to Support 

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.