Family Care Demonstration Project Act
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Family Care Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), in consultation with the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging, to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, any public or private entity, including any hospital that has a medicare agreement in effect, to conduct demonstration programs for the placement of specified elderly persons in private homes as foster care residents. Requires that such elderly persons be: (1) 65 years old or older; (2) inpatients in a hospital or nursing home, but no longer require inpatient care; (3) ambulatory and require continued medical support services or intermittent medical or skilled nursing care similar to the care provided in an intermediate care facility, but do not require continuous skilled nursing services; and (4) lack other appropriate residential arrangements to provide necessary services. Directs the Secretary to require that such programs establish standards to assure that specified criteria are met. Includes among such criteria, requirements that such programs: (1) provide for placement in the homes of blood relatives whenever possible if such homes meet applicable requirements; (2) include placements in homes of relatives and in other foster care homes in order to evaluate care in both settings; (3) provide for contribution to the cost of care by the elderly person to the extent that this does not unduly deplete such person's resources; (4) assure persons in whose home such foster care is given are compensated; and (5) assists members of the family providing foster care in making alternative short-term care arrangements when necessary. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide, to the extent feasible, for the distribution of such grants or contracts among urban and rural areas; and (2) determine the amount of any such grant or contract. Sets forth certain recordkeeping requirements for such programs. Requires that such records be available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General for audit and examination. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to appropriate entities with respect to such programs. Directs the Secretary to establish an information clearinghouse regarding foster care programs available in the United States. Directs the Secretary to evaluate such programs and report to Congress by January 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to the compensation to be received by persons in whose home an elderly person receives foster care under such program. Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out such demonstration programs, to make: (1) foster care maintenance payments on behalf of elderly persons who are eligible for medicare hospital insurance benefits, from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; and (2) payments to States under the medicaid program with respect to amounts expended by States for foster care maintenance payment to elderly persons otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the State's approved Medicaid plan. Sets forth factors upon which the Secretary is to make determinations of the amount of such payments. Prohibits taking such foster care into consideration in determining eligibility for, or amount of, supplemental security income benefits or specified State payments. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and contracts of $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Provides that such appropriations shall be: (1) available for the costs of such demonstration programs, including payments to persons in whose home an elderly person receives foster care; and (2) available with regard to any elderly person participating in the program, including those for whom specified payments and contributions do not adequately compensate persons in whose home they receive care.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on April 24, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on April 24, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
NANCY KASSEBAUM (R-KS) introduced it on April 24, 1980, and 8 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 5 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on April 24, 1980, 16940 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16940 days ago, on April 24, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers