Title: Strengthening Services for Native Elders Act of 2019
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
Strengthening Services for Native Elders Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to tribal organizations or Native Hawaiian organizations for providing supportive services (e.g., transportation, case management, and health and wellness programs) to older American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2024 grants for the delivery of supportive services, including nutrition services, to older American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. It also reauthorizes through FY2024 additional programs that support elder care.
Additionally, the bill specifies that the technical assistance and training programs provided to such grantees may include program management, data development and use, grant development, and staff training and certification.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2696 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2696

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand supportive services 
      for Native American aging programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 24, 2019

  Ms. Smith (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand supportive services 
      for Native American aging programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Services for Native 
Elders Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AGING 
              PROGRAMS.

    Title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3057 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in part D--
                    (A) by amending section 643 (42 U.S.C. 3057n) to 
                read as follows:

``SEC. 643. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title--
            ``(1) for parts A and B, $38,524,324 for fiscal year 2020, 
        $40,835,783 for fiscal year 2021, $43,285,930 for fiscal year 
        2022, $45,883,086 for fiscal year 2023, and $48,636,071 for 
        fiscal year 2024; and
            ``(2) for part C, subject to section 644, $10,785,575 for 
        fiscal year 2020, $11,432,710 for fiscal year 2021, $12,118,672 
        for fiscal year 2022, $12,845,792 for fiscal year 2023, and 
        $13,616,540 for fiscal year 2024.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 644. FUNDING SET ASIDE.

    ``(a) In General.--Of the amount appropriated under section 643(2) 
for a fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary shall, subject to subsection 
(b), make available an amount, not to exceed 5 percent of the amount 
appropriated under section 643(2) for the fiscal year, to carry out 
part D for such fiscal year.
    ``(b) Applicability.--The requirement under subsection (a) shall 
apply for a fiscal year only if--
            ``(1) the amount appropriated for parts A and B for the 
        fiscal year is greater than the amount appropriated for such 
        parts for fiscal year 2019; and
            ``(2) the amount the Assistant Secretary makes available 
        for parts A and B for such fiscal year is not less than the 
        amount the Assistant Secretary made available for such parts 
        for fiscal year 2019.'';
            (2) by redesignating part D as part E; and
            (3) by inserting after part C the following:

    ``PART D--SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HEALTHY AGING AND INDEPENDENCE

``SEC. 636. PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary shall carry out a 
competitive demonstration program for making grants to tribal 
organizations or Native Hawaiian organizations with applications 
approved under part A or B, respectively, to pay for the Federal share 
of carrying out programs to enable the organizations to build their 
capacity to provide a wider range of in-home and community supportive 
services to enable older individuals to maintain their health and 
independence and to avoid long-term care facility placement.
    ``(b) Supportive Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), supportive 
        services described in subsection (a) may include any of the 
        activities described in section 321(a).
            ``(2) Priority.--The Assistant Secretary, in making grants 
        under this section, shall give priority to organizations that 
        will use the grant funds for supportive services described in 
        subsection (a) that are for in-home assistance, transportation, 
        information and referral, case management, health and wellness 
        programs, legal services, family caregiver support services, 
        and other services that directly support the independence of 
        the older individuals served.
    ``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed or interpreted to prohibit the provision of supportive 
services under part A or B.''.

SEC. 3. ENHANCING CAPACITY TO SUPPORT NATIVE AMERICAN AGING PROGRAMS.

    Title II of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3011 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 201(c)(3)(H) (42 U.S.C. 3011(c)(3)(H)), by 
        inserting ``to ensure adequate capacity to deliver the services 
        under such title, which technical assistance and training 
        programs may include program management, data development and 
        use, basic business skills, grant development, program and 
        service innovations, and staff professional development and 
        certification'' before the semicolon at the end; and
            (2) by amending section 216 (42 U.S.C. 3020f) to read as 
        follows:

``SEC. 216. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of carrying out this Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated for administration, salaries, and 
expenses of the Administration $44,042,171 for fiscal year 2020, 
$46,684,701 for fiscal year 2021, $49,485,783 for fiscal year 2022, 
$52,454,930 for fiscal year 2023, and $55,602,226 for fiscal year 2024.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations for Programs.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated--
            ``(1) to carry out section 201(g), $20,000,000 for each of 
        the fiscal years 2020 through 2024;
            ``(2) to carry out section 202(a)(21) (relating to the 
        National Eldercare Locator Service), $2,186,227 for fiscal year 
        2020, $2,317,401 for fiscal year 2021, $2,456,445 for fiscal 
        year 2022, $2,603,832 for fiscal year 2023, and $2,760,062 for 
        fiscal year 2024;
            ``(3) to carry out section 215, $1,992,460 for fiscal year 
        2020, $2,112,008 for fiscal year 2021, $2,238,728 for fiscal 
        year 2022, $2,373,052 for fiscal year 2023, and $2,515,435 for 
        fiscal year 2024;
            ``(4) to carry out section 202 (relating to Elder Rights 
        Support Activities under this title), $1,375,011 for fiscal 
        year 2020, $1,457,511 for fiscal year 2021, $1,544,962 for 
        fiscal year 2022, $1,637,660 for fiscal year 2023, and 
        $1,735,919 for fiscal year 2024;
            ``(5) to carry out section 202(b) (relating to the Aging 
        and Disability Resource Centers), $8,708,043 for fiscal year 
        2020, $9,230,526 for fiscal year 2021, $9,784,357 for fiscal 
        year 2022, $10,371,419 for fiscal year 2023, and $10,993,704 
        for fiscal year 2024; and
            ``(6) to carry out section 201(c)(3)(H) (relating to 
        technical assistance and training programs for grantees under 
        title VI), $500,000 for fiscal year 2021.''.
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