S5872 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE August 1, 2012 

S. 3407

At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 

AKAKA) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

3407, a bill to amend the Public Health 

Service Act to increase the number of 

permanent faculty in palliative care at 

accredited allopathic and osteopathic 

medical schools, nursing schools, and 

other programs, to promote education 

in palliative care and hospice, and to 

support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine. 

S. 3441

At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, his 

name was added as a cosponsor of S. 

3441, a bill to provide for the transfer of 

excess Department of Defense aircraft 

to the Forest Service for wildfire suppression activities, and for other purposes. 

S.J. RES. 39

At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the 

name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 

BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of 

S.J. Res. 39, a joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of 

the equal rights amendment. 

S.J. RES. 44

At the request of Mr. KOHL, the name 

of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 

PRYOR) was added as a cosponsor of 

S.J. Res. 44, a joint resolution granting 

the consent of Congress to the State 

and Province Emergency Management 

Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. 

S. RES. 399

At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the 

name of the Senator from Vermont 

(Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 399, a resolution calling 

upon the President to ensure that the 

foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and 

sensitivity concerning issues related to 

human rights, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record 

relating to the Armenian Genocide, 

and for other purposes. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2574

At the request of Mrs. HUTCHISON, the 

name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2574 intended to be proposed to S. 3414, a bill 

to enhance the security and resiliency 

of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2684

At the request of Mr. MCCONNELL, 

the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON), the Senator from 

Texas (Mr. CORNYN), the Senator from 

Missouri (Mr. BLUNT), the Senator from 

Utah (Mr. LEE) and the Senator from 

Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN) were added 

as cosponsors of amendment No. 2684 

intended to be proposed to S. 3414, a 

bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications 

infrastructure of the United States. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2688

At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Montana 

(Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor 

of amendment No. 2688 intended to be 

proposed to S. 3414, a bill to enhance 

the security and resiliency of the cyber 

and communications infrastructure of 

the United States. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2699

At the request of Mr. DEMINT, the 

name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 

LEE) was added as a cosponsor of 

amendment No. 2699 intended to be proposed to S. 3414, a bill to enhance the 

security and resiliency of the cyber and 

communications infrastructure of the 

United States. 

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STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED 

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS 

By Mr. KERRY: 

S. 3465. A bill to amend the Older 

Americans Act of 1965 to define care coordination, include care coordination 

as a fully restorative service, and detail the care coordination functions of 

the Assistant Secretary, and for other 

purposes; to the Committee on Health, 

Education, Labor, and Pensions. 

Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, for the 

past 47 years, the Older Americans Act, 

OAA, has provided a wide array of services to improve the lives of older Americans, family caregivers, and persons 

with disabilities. Through the Act, millions of Americans receive critical 

home and community-based services 

including, home-delivered meal programs, transportation, adult day care, 

legal assistance and health promotion 

programs. The National Aging Network 

delivers these vital services to local 

communities through the Administration on Aging, State Units on Aging, 

SUAs, and over 600 Area Agencies on 

Aging, AAAs. 

The aging network supports a number of health, prevention and wellness 

programs for older adults, such as, 

chronic disease self-management programs, alcohol and substance abuse reduction, smoking cessation, weight 

loss and control, and health screenings. 

Despite this focus on health promotion, 

currently, there is no definition of care 

coordination included in the Older 

Americans Act. In fact, the unique coordination needed for an older adult 

with multiple chronic conditions is absent from the definition of the OAA 

case manager role. 

The inclusion of care coordination in 

the OAA is necessary to prepare the 

aging network for their role in linking 

medical care to community long-term 

services and supports. The Affordable 

Care Act is transforming the health 

care delivery system through medical 

home demonstration, Accountable Care 

Organizations, and the Partnership for 

Patient-Care Transitions. But to be 

truly successful, these reforms will require the coordination of care between 

state and federal health care programs 

and the aging network. 

Today, I am introducing the Care Coordination for Older Americans Act, a 

bill that would integrate care coordination in the long-term services and supports system. My legislation would include a definition of care coordination 

in the declaration of objectives of the 

Older Americans Act and would require 

the aging network to develop and implement a care coordination plan to address the needs of older individuals 

with multiple chronic illnesses. 

I would like to thank a number of 

aging organizations who have been integral to the development of this legislation and who have endorsed it today, 

including: Aging Services of California, 

the American Geriatrics Society, the 

American Society on Aging, the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, the 

Center for Medicare Advocacy, the 

Consumer Coalition for Quality Health 

Care, the Easter Seals, The Gerontological Society of America, 

LeadingAge, the National Association 

of Area Agencies on Aging, n4a, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, 

the National Association of the Professional Geriatric Care Managers, the 

National Center on Caregiving, the 

Family Caregiver Alliance, PHI Quality Care through Quality Jobs, the Social Work Leadership Institute / New 

York Academy of Medicine, and the 

University of Illinois College of Nursing Institute for Health Care Innovation. In addition, the National Coalition for Care Coordination was pivotal 

in their assistance developing a definition of care coordination which adequately addresses the needs of the 

aging network. 

Since being enacted in 1965, the OAA 

has evolved over time to meet the everchanging needs of our aging population. As we work to reauthorize this 

successful program that has allowed 

millions of seniors to remain independent in their homes and communities, we should incorporate new initiatives that reflect the current challenges facing seniors, such as the lack 

of care coordination between health 

programs and community long-term 

services and supports. 

For all of these reasons, I urge my 

colleagues to cosponsor this important 

legislation and to support its inclusion 

in the reauthorization of the OAA. 

By Mr. JOHANNS: 

S. 3467. A bill to establish a moratorium on aerial surveillance conducted 

by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; to the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works. 

Mr. JOHANNS. Mr. President, I come 

to the floor today to discuss an issue I 

have brought up before in the Senate 

that continues to trouble me. 

Whenever I meet with farmers and 

ranchers in Nebraska, they often raise 

concerns about regulatory overreach. I 

hear about the need for agencies such 

as the EPA to provide a more predictable and commonsense regulatory environment. So today I am introducing a 

bill that will do exactly that. It stops 

the EPA’s use of aerial surveillance of 


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