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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1670 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a grant program 

for multigenerational activities for long-term care facilities. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23 (legislative day, MAY 22), 2019 

Mr. JONES (for himself and Ms. MCSALLY) 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 establish 

a grant program for multigenerational activities for longterm care facilities. 

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 ‘‘Care Across Genera5 tions Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FUNDING 

2 OF MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS IN 

3 LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. 

4 Part A of title IV of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

5 (42 U.S.C. 3032 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 423. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FUND8 ING OF MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS IN 

9 LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.—The 

11 Assistant Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive 

12 basis, to eligible entities to— 

13 ‘‘(1) operate a qualified child care facility with14 in the long-term care facility operated by the eligible 

15 entity; and 

16 ‘‘(2) coordinate multigenerational activities be17 tween the integrated qualified child care facility and 

18 long-term care facility. 

19 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking a grant under 

20 this section shall submit an application to the Assistant 

21 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 

22 by such information as the Assistant Secretary may rea23 sonably require. 

24 ‘‘(c) EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 

25 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—Each eligible entity receiv26 ing a grant under this section shall evaluate— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the effectiveness of the entity in oper2 ating a qualified child care facility within a 

3 long-term care facility as required under sub4 section (a)(1); 

5 ‘‘(B) the effectiveness of the multigenera6 tional activities coordinated under subsection 

7 (a)(2); and 

8 ‘‘(C) the impact on older individuals of the 

9 co-location and multigenerational activities car10 ried out by the entity. 

11 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Each eligible entity receiving a 

12 grant under this section shall, not later than 6 

13 months after the expiration of the period for which 

14 the grant is in effect, submit a report to the Assist15 ant Secretary containing the evaluation under para16 graph (1). 

17 ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 

18 months after the Assistant Secretary receives all reports 

19 required under subsection (c)(2), the Assistant Secretary 

20 shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Education 

21 and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com22 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 

23 Senate a report that assesses the evaluations contained in 

24 the reports required under subsection (c)(2). The report 


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1 required of the Assistant Secretary under this subsection 

2 shall include, at a minimum— 

3 ‘‘(1) the names and addresses of all eligible en4 tities that received grants under this section; 

5 ‘‘(2) a description of the methods such eligible 

6 entities used in operating qualified child care facili7 ties within long-term care facilities as required 

8 under subsection (a)(1); 

9 ‘‘(3) a description of the methods such eligible 

10 entities used in coordinating multigenerational ac11 tivities required under subsection (a)(2); 

12 ‘‘(4) a strategy for disseminating the findings 

13 resulting from the projects carried out through 

14 grants under this section; and 

15 ‘‘(5) any policy change recommendations relat16 ing to operating qualified child care facilities within 

17 long-term care facilities. 

18 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en20 tity’ means an organization operating a long-term 

21 care facility that submits an application meeting the 

22 requirements under subsection (b). 

23 ‘‘(2) MULTIGENERATIONAL ACTIVITY.—The 

24 term ‘multigenerational activity’ means an activity 


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1 that provides an opportunity for interaction between 

2 two or more individuals of different generations. 

3 ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED CHILD CARE FACILITY.—The 

4 term ‘qualified child care facility’ means a facility— 

5 ‘‘(A) the principal use of which is to pro6 vide child care assistance, and 

7 ‘‘(B) that meets the requirements of all ap8 plicable laws and regulations of the State or 

9 local government in which the facility is located, 

10 including with respect to the licensing of the fa11 cility as a child care facility. 

12 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

14 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

15 2020 through 2025.’’. 

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