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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4732 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize funding for the 

Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network 

to engage in certain research and evaluation activities with respect to 

family caregivers and to revise the definition of the term ‘‘family caregiver’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2024 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Mr. WELCH) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize 

funding for the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation 

Center for the Aging Network to engage in certain research and evaluation activities with respect to family 

caregivers and to revise the definition of the term ‘‘family 

caregiver’’. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Caregiving Re5 search and Innovation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FAMILY CAREGIVERS. 

2 (a) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—Sec3 tion 216(b) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3020f(b)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

6 inserting a semicolon; 

7 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 

8 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) to carry out research and evaluation activi11 ties under section 201(g) that bolster data, research, 

12 and evidence-based practices with respect to family 

13 caregivers (as defined in section 302), $30,000,000 

14 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.’’. 

15 (b) DEFINITION OF FAMILY CAREGIVER.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Older 

17 Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3022) is amend18 ed— 

19 (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(3) The term ‘family caregiver’— 

22 ‘‘(A) means— 

23 ‘‘(i) an adult family member, or an24 other individual, who is an informal pro25 vider of in-home and community care to an 

26 older individual or to an individual of any 


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1 age with Alzheimer’s disease or a related 

2 disorder with neurological and organic 

3 brain dysfunction; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) an older relative caregiver; and 

5 ‘‘(B) does not include an individual pro6 viding care whose primary relationship with the 

7 individual receiving the care is based on a fi8 nancial or professional agreement.’’; 

9 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

10 paragraph (5); and 

11 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(4) The term ‘older relative caregiver’ means 

14 a caregiver who— 

15 ‘‘(A)(i) is age 55 or older; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) lives with, is the informal provider of 

17 in-home and community care to, and is the pri18 mary caregiver for, a child or an individual with 

19 a disability; 

20 ‘‘(B) in the case of a caregiver for a 

21 child— 

22 ‘‘(i) is the grandparent, 

23 stepgrandparent, or other relative (other 

24 than the parent) by blood, marriage, or 

25 adoption, of the child; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) is the primary caregiver of the 

2 child because the biological or adoptive 

3 parents are unable or unwilling to serve as 

4 the primary caregivers of the child; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) has a legal relationship to the 

6 child, such as legal custody, adoption, or 

7 guardianship, or is raising the child infor8 mally; and 

9 ‘‘(C) in the case of a caregiver for an indi10 vidual with a disability, is the parent, grand11 parent, or other relative by blood, marriage, or 

12 adoption, of the individual with a disability.’’. 

13 (2) NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT

14 PROGRAM.— 

15 (A) DEFINITIONS.—Section 372(a) of the 

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

17 3030s(a)) is amended— 

18 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or 

19 older relative caregiver’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking paragraph (4). 

21 (B) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Section 373 

22 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

23 3030s–1) is amended— 

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1 riod and inserting ‘‘systems of support 

2 services for family caregivers.’’; 

3 (ii) by amending subsection (c)(1) to 

4 read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(1) POPULATION SERVED.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara7 graph (B), services under a State program 

8 under this part shall be provided to family care9 givers. 

10 ‘‘(B) RESPITE CARE AND SUPPLEMENTAL

11 SERVICES.—With regard to the services speci12 fied in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection 

13 (b), in the case of a caregiver described in 

14 clause (i) of section 302(3)(A), such services 

15 shall be provided only to such a caregiver who 

16 is providing care to an older individual who 

17 meets the condition specified in subparagraph 

18 (A)(i) or (B) of section 102(22).’’; 

19 (iii) in subsection (f)(3), by striking 

20 ‘‘family caregivers, or older relative care21 givers,’’ and inserting ‘‘family caregivers’’; 

22 and 

23 (iv) in subsection (i)(1), by striking 

24 ‘‘family caregivers and older relative care25 givers’’ and inserting ‘‘family caregivers’’. 


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1 (3) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

2 Section 417(a)(1)(F)(i) of the Older Americans Act 

3 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032f(a)(1)(F)(i)) is amended 

4 by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 372(a))’’ and in5 serting ‘‘(as defined in section 302)’’. 

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