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‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2007, 20 percent of the per-
centage increase above the fiscal year 2006 allot-
ments for all of the States; 
‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2008, 15 percent of the 
percentage increase above the fiscal year 2006 allot-
ments for all of the States; 
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2009, 10 percent of the 
percentage increase above the fiscal year 2006 allot-
ments for all of the States; and 
‘‘(IV) For fiscal year 2010, 5 percent of the 
percentage increase above the fiscal year 2006 allot-
ments for all of the States.’’. 
SEC. 305. ORGANIZATION. 
Section 305(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3025(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(E)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(with particular attention 
to low-income minority individuals and older in-
dividuals residing in rural areas)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘(with particular atten-
tion to low-income older individuals, including 
low-income minority older individuals, older in-
dividuals with limited English proficiency, and 
older individuals residing in rural areas)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘, 
with particular attention to low-income minority 
individuals and older individuals residing in 
rural areas’’ and inserting ‘‘(with particular at-
tention to low-income older individuals, includ-
ing low-income minority older individuals, older 
individuals with limited English proficiency, and 
older individuals residing in rural areas)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) the State agency shall, consistent with this 
section, promote the development and implementa-
tion of a State system of long-term care that is a 
comprehensive, coordinated system that enables 
older individuals to receive long-term care in home 
and community-based settings, in a manner respon-
sive to the needs and preferences of the older indi-
viduals and their family caregivers, by— 
‘‘(A) collaborating, coordinating, and con-
sulting with other agencies in such State re-
sponsible for formulating, implementing, and 
administering programs, benefits, and services 
related to providing long-term care; 
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‘‘(B) participating in any State govern-
ment activities concerning long-term care, in-
cluding reviewing and commenting on any State 
rules, regulations, and policies related to long- 
term care; 
‘‘(C) conducting analyses and making rec-
ommendations with respect to strategies for 
modifying the State system of long-term care to 
better— 
‘‘(i) respond to the needs and pref-
erences of older individuals and family 
caregivers; 
‘‘(ii) facilitate the provision, by service 
providers, of long-term care in home and 
community-based settings; and 
‘‘(iii) target services to individuals at 
risk for institutional placement, to permit 
such individuals to remain in home and 
community-based settings; 
‘‘(D) implementing (through area agencies 
on aging, service providers, and such other enti-
ties as the State determines to be appropriate) 
evidence-based programs to assist older individ-
uals and their family caregivers in learning 
about and making behavioral changes intended 
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to reduce the risk of injury, disease, and dis-
ability among older individuals; and 
‘‘(E) providing for the availability and dis-
tribution (through public education campaigns, 
Aging and Disability Resource Centers, area 
agencies on aging, and other appropriate 
means) of information relating to— 
‘‘(i) the need to plan in advance for 
long-term care; and 
‘‘(ii) the full range of available public 
and private long-term care (including inte-
grated long-term care) programs, options, 
service providers, and resources.’’. 
SEC. 306. AREA PLANS. 
Section 306 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3026) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(with particular atten-
tion to low-income minority individuals and 
older individuals residing in rural areas)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(with particular attention to 
low-income older individuals, including low- 
income minority older individuals, older in-
dividuals with limited English proficiency, 
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and older individuals residing in rural 
areas)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(with particular at-
tention to low-income minority individ-
uals)’’ and inserting ‘‘(with particular at-
tention to low-income older individuals, in-
cluding low-income minority older individ-
uals, older individuals with limited English 
proficiency, and older individuals residing 
in rural areas)’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘the number of older 
individuals at risk for institutional place-
ment residing in such area,’’ after ‘‘indi-
viduals) residing in such area,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(i) by inserting after ‘‘transpor-
tation,’’ the following: ‘‘health services (in-
cluding mental health services),’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘information 
and assistance’’ the following: ‘‘(which may 
include information and assistance to con-
sumers on availability of services under 
part B and how to receive benefits under 
and participate in publicly supported pro-
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grams for which the consumer may be eli-
gible)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by amending clause (i) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i)(I) provide assurances that the area agency 
on aging will— 
‘‘(aa) set specific objectives, consistent 
with State policy, for providing services to older 
individuals with greatest economic need, older 
individuals with greatest social need, and older 
individuals at risk for institutional placement; 
‘‘(bb) include specific objectives for pro-
viding services to low-income minority older in-
dividuals, older individuals with limited English 
proficiency, and older individuals residing in 
rural areas; and 
‘‘(II) include proposed methods to achieve the 
objectives described in items (aa) and (bb) of sub-
clause (I);’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, 
older individuals with limited English 
proficiency,’’ after ‘‘low-income minor-
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