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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Long-Term Care Partnership Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF ADDITIONAL STATE LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by striking ``shall seek 
        adjustment'' and inserting ``may seek adjustment'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), by inserting ``Qualified State 
        Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership or under a'' after 
        ``Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of an individual who 
        received medical assistance under a''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``(and shall include, 
        in the case of an individual to whom paragraph (1)(C)(i) 
        applies)''.
    (b) Definition of a Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
Partnership.--Section 1917(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396p(e)) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(6) The term `Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
        Partnership' means a State plan amendment that provides for the 
        disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the 
        insurance benefits payments that are made under a long-term 
        care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a 
        group insurance contract), but only if--
                    ``(A) the policy covers an insured who, at the time 
                coverage under the policy first becomes effective, is a 
                resident of such State or of a State that maintains a 
                Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership;
                    ``(B) the policy is a qualified long-term care 
                insurance contract within the meaning of section 
                7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(C) the policy provides some level of inflation 
                protection;
                    ``(D) the policy satisfies any requirements of 
                State or other applicable law that apply to a long-term 
                care insurance policy; and
                    ``(E) the issuer of the policy reports--
                            ``(i) to the Secretary, such information or 
                        data as the Secretary may require; and
                            ``(ii) to the State, the information or 
                        data reported to the Secretary (if any), the 
                        information or data required under the minimum 
                        reporting requirements developed under section 
                        2(c)(1) of the State Long-Term Care Partnership 
                        Act of 2005, and such additional information or 
                        data as the State may require.
        For purposes of applying this paragraph, if a long-term care 
        insurance policy is exchanged for another such policy, the date 
        coverage became effective under the first policy shall 
        determine when coverage first becomes effective.''.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(in this subsection and subsection (d) referred to as the 
``Secretary''), in consultation with the National Association of 
Insurance Commissioners, issuers of long-term care insurance policies, 
States with experience with long-term care insurance partnership plans, 
and other States, shall develop the following requirements and 
standards:
            (1) Minimum, consistent reporting requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Minimum reporting requirements for 
                issuers of long-term care insurance policies under 
                Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships 
                that shall specify the data and information that each 
                such issuer shall report to the State with which it has 
                such a partnership. The requirements developed in 
                accordance with this paragraph shall specify the type 
                and format of the data and information to be reported 
                and the frequency with which such reports are to be 
                made.
                    (B) State required data.--Nothing in subparagraph 
                (A) shall be construed as prohibiting a State from 
                requiring an issuer of a long-term care insurance 
                policy sold in the State (regardless of whether the 
                policy is issued under a Qualified State Long-Term Care 
                Insurance Partnership) to require the issuer to report 
                State information or data to the State that is in 
                addition to the information or data required under the 
                minimum reporting requirements developed under that 
                subparagraph.
            (2) Reciprocity standards.--Standards for ensuring that 
        long-term care insurance policies issued under a Qualified 
        State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership are portable to 
        other States with such a partnership.
    (d) Consumer Education.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
for educating consumers regarding Qualified State Long-Term Care 
Insurance Partnerships and long-term care insurance policies issued in 
connection with such partnerships.
    (e) Annual Reports to Congress.--The Secretary shall annually 
report to Congress on the Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
Partnerships established in accordance with subsections (b)(1)(C)(ii) 
and (e)(6) of section 1917 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396p).
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
take effect on October 1, 2005.

Answer: State Long-Term Care Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of long-term care insurance partnerships between states and insurers (Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (QSLTCIPs)). Defines a QSLTCIP as a state plan amendment that provides for the disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the insurance benefits payments made under a long-term care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a group insurance contract), but only if the policy meets certain requirements, including coverage of an insured who, at the time coverage first becomes effective, is a resident of such state or of a state that maintains a QSLTCIP.

Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for educating consumers regarding QSLTCIPs and long-term care insurance policies issued in connection with them.


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SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF LANDS.

    (a) In General.--(1) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to acquire, by purchase 
with donated or appropriated funds, donation, or otherwise, lands and 
interests therein in the following properties located at Hyde Park, New 
York identified as lands critical for protection as depicted on the map 
entitled ``Roosevelt Family Estate'' and dated September 1994:
            (A) The ``Open Park Hodhome Tract'', consisting of 
        approximately 30 acres, which shall be the highest priority for 
        acquisition.
            (B) The ``Top Cottage Tract'', consisting of approximately 
        30 acres.
            (C) The ``Poughkeepsie Shopping Center, Inc. Tract'', 
        consisting of approximately 55 acres.
    (b) Administration.--Lands and interests therein acquired by the 
Secretary pursuant to this Act shall be added to, and administered by 
the Secretary as part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt National 
Historic Site or the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, as 
appropriate.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 to carry out this Act.

Answer: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands and interests in specified properties located at Hyde Park, New York, identified as lands critical for protection on the Roosevelt Family Estate to be added to and administered by the Secretary as part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt National Historic Site or the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Authorizes appropriations.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Worker Ownership, Readiness, and 
Knowledge Act'' or the ``WORK Act''.

SEC. 2. WORKER OWNERSHIP, READINESS, AND KNOWLEDGE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Existing program.--The term ``existing program'' means 
        a program, designed to promote employee ownership and employee 
        participation in business decisionmaking, that exists on the 
        date the Secretary is carrying out a responsibility authorized 
        by this section.
            (2) Initiative.--The term ``Initiative'' means the Employee 
        Ownership and Participation Initiative established under 
        subsection (b).
            (3) New program.--The term ``new program'' means a program, 
        designed to promote employee ownership and employee 
        participation in business decisionmaking, that does not exist 
        on the date the Secretary is carrying out a responsibility 
        authorized by this section.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Employment 
        and Training.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the 50 States 
        within the United States of America.
    (b) Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Labor shall establish 
        within the Employment and Training Administration of the 
        Department of Labor an Employee Ownership and Participation 
        Initiative to promote employee ownership and employee 
        participation in business decisionmaking.
            (2) Functions.--In carrying out the Initiative, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    (A) support within the States existing programs 
                designed to promote employee ownership and employee 
                participation in business decisionmaking; and
                    (B) facilitate within the States the formation of 
                new programs designed to promote employee ownership and 
                employee participation in business decisionmaking.
            (3) Duties.--To carry out the functions enumerated in 
        paragraph (2), the Secretary shall--
                    (A) support new programs and existing programs by--
                            (i) making Federal grants authorized under 
                        subsection (d); and
                            (ii)(I) acting as a clearinghouse on 
                        techniques employed by new programs and 
                        existing programs within the States, and 
                        disseminating information relating to those 
                        techniques to the programs; or
                            (II) funding projects for information 
                        gathering on those techniques, and 
                        dissemination of that information to the 
                        programs, by groups outside the Employment and 
                        Training Administration; and
                    (B) facilitate the formation of new programs, in 
                ways that include holding or funding an annual 
                conference of representatives from States with existing 
                programs, representatives from States developing new 
                programs, and representatives from States without 
                existing programs.
    (c) Programs Regarding Employee Ownership and Participation.--
            (1) Establishment of program.--Not later than 180 days 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
        establish a program to encourage new and existing programs 
        within the States, designed to foster employee ownership and 
        employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout 
        the United States.
            (2) Purpose of program.--The purpose of the program 
        established under paragraph (1) is to encourage new and 
        existing programs within the States that focus on--
                    (A) providing education and outreach to inform 
                employees and employers about the possibilities and 
                benefits of employee ownership, business ownership 
                succession planning, and employee participation in 
                business decisionmaking, including providing 
                information about financial education, employee teams, 
                open-book management, and other tools that enable 
                employees to share ideas and information about how 
                their businesses can succeed;
                    (B) providing technical assistance to assist 
                employee efforts to become business owners, to enable 
                employers and employees to explore and assess the 
                feasibility of transferring full or partial ownership 
                to employees, and to encourage employees and employers 
                to start new employee-owned businesses;
                    (C) training employees and employers with respect 
                to methods of employee participation in open-book 
                management, work teams, committees, and other 
                approaches for seeking greater employee input; and
                    (D) training other entities to apply for funding 
                under this subsection, to establish new programs, and 
                to carry out program activities.
            (3) Program details.--The Secretary may include, in the 
        program established under paragraph (1), provisions that--
                    (A) in the case of activities under paragraph 
                (2)(A)--
                            (i) target key groups such as retiring 
                        business owners, senior managers, unions, trade 
                        associations, community organizations, and 
                        economic development organizations;
                            (ii) encourage cooperation in the 
                        organization of workshops and conferences; and
                            (iii) prepare and distribute materials 
                        concerning employee ownership and 
                        participation, and business ownership 
                        succession planning;
                    (B) in the case of activities under paragraph 
                (2)(B)--
                            (i) provide preliminary technical 
                        assistance to employee groups, managers, and 
                        retiring owners exploring the possibility of 
                        employee ownership;
                            (ii) provide for the performance of 
                        preliminary feasibility assessments;
                            (iii) assist in the funding of objective 
                        third-party feasibility studies and preliminary 
                        business valuations, and in selecting and 
                        monitoring professionals qualified to conduct 
                        such studies; and
                            (iv) provide a data bank to help employees 
                        find legal, financial, and technical advice in 
                        connection with business ownership;
                    (C) in the case of activities under paragraph 
                (2)(C)--
                            (i) provide for courses on employee 
                        participation; and
                            (ii) provide for the development and 
                        fostering of networks of employee-owned 
                        companies to spread the use of successful 
                        participation techniques; and
                    (D) in the case of training under paragraph 
                (2)(D)--
                            (i) provide for visits to existing programs 
                        by staff from new programs receiving funding 
                        under this section; and
                            (ii) provide materials to be used for such 
                        training.
            (4) Guidance.--The Secretary shall issue formal guidance, 
        for recipients of grants awarded under subsection (d) and one-
        stop partners affiliated with the statewide workforce 
        investment systems described in section 106 of the Workforce 
        Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881), proposing that 
        programs and other activities funded under this section be--
                    (A) proactive in encouraging actions and activities 
                that promote employee ownership of, and participation 
                in, businesses; and
                    (B) comprehensive in emphasizing both employee 
                ownership of, and participation in, businesses so as to 
                increase productivity and broaden capital ownership.
    (d) Grants.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out the program established 
        under subsection (c), the Secretary may make grants for use in 
        connection with new programs and existing programs within a 
        State for any of the following activities:
                    (A) Education and outreach as provided in 
                subsection (c)(2)(A).
                    (B) Technical assistance as provided in subsection 
                (c)(2)(B).
                    (C) Training activities for employees and employers 
                as provided in subsection (c)(2)(C).
                    (D) Activities facilitating cooperation among 
                employee-owned firms.
                    (E) Training as provided in subsection (c)(2)(D) 
                for new programs provided by participants in existing 
                programs dedicated to the objectives of this section, 
                except that, for each fiscal year, the amount of the 
                grants made for such training shall not exceed 10 
                percent of the total amount of the grants made under 
                this section.
            (2) Amounts and conditions.--The Secretary shall determine 
        the amount and any conditions for a grant made under this 
        subsection. The amount of the grant shall be subject to 
        paragraph (6), and shall reflect the capacity of the applicant 
        for the grant.
            (3) Applications.--Each entity desiring a grant under this 
        subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
        time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as 
        the Secretary may reasonably require.
            (4) State applications.--Each State may sponsor and submit 
        an application under paragraph (3) on behalf of any local 
        entity consisting of a unit of State or local government, 
        State-supported institution of higher education, or nonprofit 
        organization, meeting the requirements of this section.
            (5) Applications by entities.--
                    (A) Entity applications.--If a State fails to 
                support or establish a program pursuant to this section 
                during any fiscal year, the Secretary shall, in the 
                subsequent fiscal years, allow local entities described 
                in paragraph (4) from that State to make applications 
                for grants under paragraph (3) on their own initiative.
                    (B) Application screening.--Any State failing to 
                support or establish a program pursuant to this section 
                during any fiscal year may submit applications under 
                paragraph (3) in the subsequent fiscal years but may 
                not screen applications by local entities described in 
                paragraph (4) before submitting the applications to the 
                Secretary.
            (6) Limitations.--A recipient of a grant made under this 
        subsection shall not receive, during a fiscal year, in the 
        aggregate, more than the following amounts:
                    (A) For fiscal year 2013, $300,000.
                    (B) For fiscal year 2014, $330,000.
                    (C) For fiscal year 2015, $363,000.
                    (D) For fiscal year 2016, $399,300.
                    (E) For fiscal year 2017, $439,200.
            (7) Annual report.--For each year, each recipient of a 
        grant under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary a 
        report describing how grant funds allocated pursuant to this 
        subsection were expended during the 12-month period preceding 
        the date of the submission of the report.
    (e) Evaluations.--The Secretary is authorized to reserve not more 
than 10 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year to carry 
out this section, for the purposes of conducting evaluations of the 
grant programs identified in subsection (d) and to provide related 
technical assistance.
    (f) Reporting.--Not later than the expiration of the 36-month 
period following the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
prepare and submit to Congress a report--
            (1) on progress related to employee ownership and 
        participation in businesses in the United States; and
            (2) containing an analysis of critical costs and benefits 
        of activities carried out under this section.
    (g) Authorizations of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        for the purpose of making grants pursuant to subsection (d) the 
        following:
                    (A) For fiscal year 2013, $3,850,000.
                    (B) For fiscal year 2014, $6,050,000.
                    (C) For fiscal year 2015, $8,800,000.
                    (D) For fiscal year 2016, $11,550,000.
                    (E) For fiscal year 2017, $14,850,000.
            (2) Administrative expenses.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated for the purpose of funding the administrative 
        expenses related to the Initiative, for each of fiscal years 
        2013 through 2017, an amount not in excess of--
                    (A) $350,000; or
                    (B) 5.0 percent of the maximum amount available 
                under paragraph (1) for that fiscal year.

Answer:
Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or WORK Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, to establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking.

Requires the Secretary to establish a program, which may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training, to encourage new and existing state programs designed to foster employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on progress related to employee ownership and participation in U.S. businesses.