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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6302 

To provide for the establishment of a program at the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention with respect to healthy aging and to authorize 

grants to health departments to carry out healthy aging programs, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2021 

Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide for the establishment of a program at the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to 

healthy aging and to authorize grants to health departments to carry out healthy aging programs, 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 ‘‘Protecting the Health 

5 of America’s Older Adults Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HEALTHY AGING PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 

3 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven4 tion, shall establish a program for the purpose of pro5 moting the health and wellbeing of older adults to be 

6 known as the Healthy Aging Program (referred to in this 

7 section as the ‘‘Program’’) by— 

8 (1) improving the coordination of public health 

9 interventions that promote the health and wellbeing 

10 of older adults; 

11 (2) disseminating and implementing evidence12 based best practices and programs with respect to 

13 promoting the health and wellbeing of older adults; 

14 and 

15 (3) coordinating multisectoral efforts to pro16 mote the health and wellbeing of older adults across 

17 governmental and nongovernmental health and re18 lated agencies. 

19 (b) ACTIVITIES.—For the purpose described in sub20 section (a), the Secretary shall design and implement the 

21 Program to carry out the following activities: 

22 (1) Regularly conduct assessments of the 

23 health-related needs of older adults and promote 

24 policies addressing those needs through evidence25 based public health interventions to promote overall 

26 health and wellbeing among older adults and reduce 


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1 health care and long-term care costs, and report to 

2 the Secretary the results of those assessments. 

3 (2) Identify health outcome disparities in older 

4 adults, including differences by race, ethnicity, socio5 economic status, disability status, or geography. 

6 (3) Identify gaps in existing public health pro7 grams and policies that focus on older adults. 

8 (4) Promote public health partnerships with 

9 aging and other sector stakeholders to ensure non10 duplication of efforts and increase efficiency by 

11 working collaboratively across sectors. 

12 (5) Work with multisectoral agencies to improve 

13 emergency preparedness plans and activities for 

14 older adults at increased risk during disasters, in15 cluding older adults with disabilities. 

16 (6) Coordinate efforts to promote the health of 

17 older adults with the Administration for Community 

18 Living, other Federal departments and agencies, and 

19 nonprofit organizations. 

20 (7) Identify resources and evidence-based pro21 grams available to local and State health depart22 ments, including resources and programs that could 

23 be coordinated across sectors, to address the health 

24 and wellbeing of older adults. 


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1 (c) GRANTS TO HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND NON2 PROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.—The Sec3 retary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Dis4 ease Control and Prevention, shall award grants or cooper5 ative agreements to eligible health departments, and to 

6 nonprofit community-based organizations, to carry out 

7 any of the following activities: 

8 (1) Improving availability of data on the older 

9 adult population, including through data-sharing 

10 with State units on aging. 

11 (2) Linking the health care sector with the 

12 community services sector (including aging services 

13 and supports and disability services and supports) to 

14 coordinate and promote community-based prevention 

15 and management services. 

16 (3) Ensuring that State and local emergency 

17 preparedness plans and activities address the special 

18 needs of older adults, particularly the most vulner19 able populations. 

20 (4) Training State and local public health per21 sonnel to implement or adapt evidence-based and in22 novative health promotion and disease prevention 

23 programs and policies. 

24 (5) Improving community conditions and ad25 dressing social determinants to promote health and 


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1 wellbeing and foster independence among older 

2 adults, such as efforts to advance age-friendly com3 munities and dementia-friendly communities. 

4 (d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

5 (directly or through grants, cooperative agreements, or 

6 contracts) provide technical assistance to eligible health 

7 departments, and to nonprofit community-based organiza8 tions, in carrying out activities described in subsection (c). 

9 (e) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall (directly or 

10 through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts) pro11 vide for the evaluation of activities carried out under sub12 sections (a), (b), and (c) in order to determine the extent 

13 to which such activities have been effective in carrying out 

14 the purpose described in subsection (a), including the ef15 fects of such activities on addressing health disparities. 

16 (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Beginning three years 

17 after the date of enactment, and at least once every 3 

18 years thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Direc19 tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

20 shall submit to Congress a report that contains the results 

21 of the assessments conducted pursuant to subsection 

22 (b)(1). 

23 (g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible 

24 health department’’ means a health department of a State, 

25 the District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, 


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1 a Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter2 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

3 5304)), or a local or municipal government. 

4 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

5 authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fis6 cal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section, in7 cluding for grants under subsection (c), to remain avail8 able until September 30, 2027. 

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