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SEC. 603. PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND 
EXPLOITATION. 
Section 721(b)(12) (42 U.S.C. 3058i(b)(12)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘commu-
nity outreach and education,’’ after ‘‘technical assist-
ance,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (F)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘studying’’ and inserting 
‘‘implementing’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, programs, and mate-
rials’’ after ‘‘practices’’. 
SEC. 604. PRINCIPLES FOR PERSON-DIRECTED SERVICES 
AND SUPPORTS DURING SERIOUS ILLNESS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Administra-
tion for Community Living. 
(2) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered agen-
cy’’ means— 
(A) a State agency or area agency on aging; 
and 
(B) a Federal agency other than the De-
partment of Health and Human Services, and a 
unit of that Department other than the Adminis-
tration on Aging, that the Assistant Secretary
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determines performs functions for which the 
principles are relevant, and the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services. 
(3) PRINCIPLES.—The term ‘‘principles’’ means 
the Principles for Person-directed Services and Sup-
ports during Serious Illness, issued by the Adminis-
tration for Community Living on September 1, 2017, 
or an updated set of such Principles. 
(4) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002). 
(b) DISSEMINATION.—The Administrator shall dis-
seminate the principles to appropriate stakeholders within 
the aging network, as determined by the Assistant Sec-
retary, and to covered agencies. The covered agencies may 
use the principles in setting priorities for service delivery 
and care plans in programs carried out by the agencies. 
(c) FEEDBACK.—The Administrator shall solicit, on 
an ongoing basis, feedback on the principles from covered 
agencies, experts in the fields of aging and dementia, and 
stakeholders who provide or receive disability services. 
(d) REPORT.—Not less often than once, but not more 
often than annually, during the 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall prepare and 
submit to Congress a report describing the feedback received
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under subsection (c) and indicating if any changes or up-
dates are needed to the principles. 
SEC. 
605. 
EXTENSION 
OF 
THE 
SUPPORTING 
GRAND-
PARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN ACT. 
Section 3(f) of the Supporting Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren Act (Public Law 115–196) is amended by 
striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’. 
SEC. 606. BEST PRACTICES FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY- 
BASED OMBUDSMEN. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall issue a report updat-
ing the best practices for home and community-based om-
budsmen that were included in the report entitled ‘‘Best 
Practices for Home and Community-Based Ombudsmen’’, 
issued by the National Direct Service Workforce Resource 
Center of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and 
prepared by the Research and Training Center at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota and The Lewin Group (January 
2013). 
SEC. 607. SENIOR HOME MODIFICATION ASSISTANCE INI-
TIATIVE. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study and issue a report that includes—
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(1) an inventory of Federal programs, adminis-
tered by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, or any other Federal agency or department de-
termined appropriate by the Comptroller General, 
that support evidence-based falls prevention, home as-
sessments, and home modifications for older individ-
uals and individuals with disabilities; 
(2) statistical data, for recent fiscal years, on the 
number of older individuals and individuals with dis-
abilities served by each Federal program described in 
paragraph (1) and the approximate amount of Fed-
eral funding invested in each such program; 
(3) a demographic analysis of individuals served 
by each such program for recent fiscal years; 
(4) an analysis of duplication and gaps in popu-
lations supported by the Federal programs described 
in paragraph (1); 
(5) what is known about the impact of the Fed-
eral programs described in paragraph (1) on health 
status and health outcomes in populations supported 
by such programs; 
(6) a review of Federal efforts to coordinate Fed-
eral programs existing prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act that support evidence-based falls preven-
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tion, home assessments, and home modifications for 
older individuals and individuals with disabilities 
and any considerations for improving coordination, 
which may include an indication of the Federal agen-
cy or department that is best suited to coordinate 
such Federal programs; and 
(7) information on the extent to which consumer- 
friendly resources, such as a brochure, are available 
through the National Eldercare Locator Service estab-
lished under section 202(a)(21) of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3012(a)(21)), are acces-
sible to all area agencies on aging, and contain infor-
mation on evidence-based falls prevention, home as-
sessments, and home modifications for older individ-
uals attempting to live independently and safely in 
their homes and for the caregivers of such individuals. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 701. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
The Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
102(37)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
3002(37)(A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (26)’’; 
(2) 
in 
section 
202(a)(23) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
3012(a)(23)), by striking ‘‘sections 307(a)(18) and
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731(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 307(a)(13) and 
731’’; 
(3) 
in 
section 
202(e)(1)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
3012(e)(1)(A)), by moving the left margin of clause 
(i) 2 ems to the left; 
(4) in sections 203(c)(7) (42 U.S.C. 3013(c)(7)), 
207(b)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 3018(b)(2)(B)), and 215(i) 
(42 U.S.C. 3020e–1(i)), by striking ‘‘Committee on 
Education and the Workforce’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Committee on Education and Labor’’; 
(5) 
in 
section 
207(b)(3)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
3018(b)(3)(A)), by striking ‘‘Administrator of the 
Health Care Finance Administration’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Med-
icaid Services’’; 
(6) 
in 
section 
304(a)(3)(C) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
3024(a)(3)(C)), by striking ‘‘term’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘does’’ and inserting ‘‘term ‘State’ 
does’’; 
(7) in section 304(d)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘(exclud-
ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘303(a)(3))’’; 
(8) in section 306(a) (42 U.S.C. 3026(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 
number of older individuals at risk for institu-
tional placement residing in such area,’’ before
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‘‘and the number of older individuals who are 
Indians’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘who 
are victims of’’ and inserting ‘‘with’’; 
(9) in section 339(2)(A)(ii)(I) (42 U.S.C. 3030g– 
21(2)(A)(ii)(I)), by striking ‘‘Institute of Medicine of 
the National Academy of Sciences’’ and inserting 
‘‘National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 
Medicine’’; 
(10) in section 611 (42 U.S.C. 3057b), by strik-
ing ‘‘(a)’’; 
(11) in section 614(c)(4) (42 U.S.C. 3057e(c)(4)), 
by striking ‘‘(a)(12)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(11)’’; and 
(12) in section 721(i) (42 U.S.C. 3058i(i), by 
striking ‘‘section 206(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
206(h)’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.