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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 440 

To provide continued funding for services under the Older Americans Act 

of 1965, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2021 

Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. KELLY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 

Mr. PETERS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, 

Ms. SMITH, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions 

A BILL 

To provide continued funding for services under the Older 

Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Continued Funding 

5 for Senior Services During COVID–19 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONTINUED FUNDING FOR SERVICES UNDER THE 

7 OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out of 

9 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 


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1 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, for an addi2 tional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability Services Pro3 grams’’ within the Administration for Community Living, 

4 for activities authorized under the Older Americans Act 

5 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $1,529,500,000, to re6 main available until expended, of which— 

7 (1) $480,000,000 shall be available for pro8 viding supportive services under part B of title III 

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

10 3030d et seq.), including— 

11 (A) for efforts to ensure that older individ12 uals have access to legal assistance by sup13 porting the network of legal services in the 

14 State for older individuals, which may include— 

15 (i) supporting the State in maintain16 ing or developing a legal hotline for older 

17 individuals; and 

18 (ii) supporting other legal assistance 

19 services authorized under part B of title 

20 III of such Act; 

21 (B) for efforts to provide services to sup22 port older individuals with limited English pro23 ficiency in addressing concerns as a result of 

24 COVID–19; 


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1 (C) for efforts related to COVID–19 vac2 cination outreach, including education, commu3 nication, transportation, and other activities to 

4 facilitate vaccination of older individuals; and 

5 (D) for prevention and mitigation activities 

6 related to COVID–19 focused on addressing ex7 tended social isolation among older individuals, 

8 including activities for investments in techno9 logical equipment and solutions or other strate10 gies aimed at alleviating negative health effects 

11 of social isolation due to long-term stay-at-home 

12 recommendations for older individuals for the 

13 duration of the COVID–19 public health emer14 gency; 

15 (2) $750,000,000 shall be available for pro16 viding nutrition services under subparts 1 and 2 of 

17 part C of title III of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3030e et 

18 seq.); 

19 (3) $44,000,000 shall be available for providing 

20 evidence-based disease prevention and health pro21 motion services and information under part D of 

22 title III of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3030m et seq.); 

23 (4) $145,000,000 shall be available for pro24 viding caregiver services under part E of title III of 

25 such Act (42 U.S.C. 3030s et seq.); 


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1 (5) $75,500,000 shall be available for providing 

2 activities for health, independence, and longevity 

3 under titles II and IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3011 

4 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 3031 et seq.), of which— 

5 (A) $500,000 shall be available for car6 rying out section 417 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 3032f); and 

8 (B) $75,000,000 shall be available for the 

9 Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Cen10 ter for the Aging Network under section 201(g) 

11 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3011(g)); 

12 (6) $25,000,000 shall be available for providing 

13 supportive services, including nutrition services, 

14 under title VI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3057 et seq.); 

15 and 

16 (7) $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out 

17 the long-term care ombudsman program under title 

18 VII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3058 et seq.). 

19 (b) INAPPLICABILITY OF MATCHING REQUIRE20 MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

21 State matching requirements under sections 304(d)(1)(D) 

22 and 309(b)(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

23 U.S.C. 3024(d)(1)(D); 42 U.S.C. 3029(b)(2)) shall not 

24 apply to any funds made available under subsection (a). 


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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘older 

2 individual’’ and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given such 

3 terms in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

4 (42 U.S.C. 3002). 

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