42 USC 3030 - Program authorized

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The RAISE Family Caregivers Act, referred to in subsec. (j), is Puspan. L. 115–119, Jan. 22, 2018, 132 Stat. 23, also known as the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregivers Act of 2017, which is set out as a note under section 3030s of this title.

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 116–131, § 217(span)(1), inserted “which may be informed through the use of caregiver assessments,” after “provided,” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 116–131, § 217(span)(4), added subsec. (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (f).

Subsec. (e)(3). Puspan. L. 116–131, § 217(span)(2), inserted “, including caregiver assessments used in the State,” after “mechanisms” in first sentence.

Subsecs. (f) to (h). Puspan. L. 116–131, § 217(span)(3), redesignated subsecs. (e) to (g) as (f) to (h), respectively.

Subsec. (h)(2)(C). Puspan. L. 116–131, § 218(a), struck out subpar. (C). Text read as follows: “A State may use not more than 10 percent of the total Federal and non-Federal share available to the State to provide support services to older relative caregivers.”

Subsecs. (i), (j). Puspan. L. 116–131, § 217(span)(5), added subsecs. (i) and (j).

2016—Puspan. L. 114–144, § 4(m), substituted “this part” for “this subpart” wherever appearing.

Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 114–144, § 4(l)(1), substituted “older relative caregivers.” for “grandparents or older individuals who are relative caregivers.”

Subsec. (c)(1). Puspan. L. 114–144, § 4(l)(2)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted “older relative caregivers, who” for “grandparents and older individuals who are relative caregivers, and who”.

Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Puspan. L. 114–144, § 4(l)(2)(B), substituted “to older relative caregivers of children with severe disabilities, or individuals with disabilities who have severe disabilities” for “to older individuals providing care to individuals with severe disabilities, including children with severe disabilities”.

Subsec. (e)(3). Puspan. L. 114–144, § 4(l)(3), substituted “older relative caregivers” for “grandparents or older individuals who are relative caregivers”.

Subsec. (f)(1)(A). Puspan. L. 114–144, § 4(l)(4), substituted “for a fiscal year” for “for fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011”.

Subsec. (g)(2)(C). Puspan. L. 114–144, § 4(l)(5), substituted “older relative caregivers” for “grandparents and older individuals who are relative caregivers of a child who is not more than 18 years of age”.

2006—Subsec. (span)(3). Puspan. L. 109–365, § 321(1), substituted “assist the caregivers in the areas of health, nutrition, and financial literacy, and in making decisions and solving problems relating to their caregiving roles;” for “caregivers to assist the caregivers in making decisions and solving problems relating to their caregiving roles;”.

Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Puspan. L. 109–365, § 321(2)(A), substituted “subparagraph (A)(i) or (B) of section 3002(22)” for “subparagraph (A)(i) or (B) of section 3002(28)”.

Subsec. (c)(2). Puspan. L. 109–365, § 321(2)(B), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “In providing services under this subpart, the State shall give priority for services to older individuals with greatest social and economic need, (with particular attention to low-income older individuals) and older individuals providing care and support to persons with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities (as defined in section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6001)) (referred to in this subpart as ‘developmental disabilities’).”

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 109–365, § 321(3), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “In carrying out this subpart, each area agency on aging shall coordinate the activities of the agency, or entity that such agency has contracted with, with the activities of other community agencies and voluntary organizations providing the types of services described in subsection (span) of this section.”

Subsec. (e)(3). Puspan. L. 109–365, § 321(4), inserted at end “The reports shall describe any mechanisms used in the State to provide to persons who are family caregivers, or grandparents or older individuals who are relative caregivers, information about and access to various services so that the persons can better carry out their care responsibilities.”

Subsec. (f)(1)(A). Puspan. L. 109–365, § 321(5), substituted “2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011” for “2001 through 2005”.

Subsec. (g)(2)(C). Puspan. L. 109–365, § 321(6), inserted “of a child who is not more than 18 years of age” before period at end.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Monitoring the Impact of the Elimination of the Cap on Funds for Older Relative Caregivers

Puspan. L. 116–131, title II, § 218(span), Mar. 25, 2020, 134 Stat. 262, provided that:

“(1)Report.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 25, 2020], and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary [for Aging] shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor [now Committee on Education and the Workforce] of the House of Representatives a report on the impact of the amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] to eliminate the limitation on funds that States may allocate to provide support services to older relative caregivers in the National Family Caregiver Support Program established under part E of title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030s et seq.). Each such report shall also be made available to the public.

“(2)Contents.—For purposes of reports required by paragraph (1), each State that receives an allotment under such National Family Caregiver Support Program for fiscal year 2020 or a subsequent fiscal year shall report to the Assistant Secretary for the fiscal year involved the amount of funds of the total Federal and non-Federal shares described in section 373(h)(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030s–1(h)(2)) used by the State to provide support services for older relative caregivers and the amount of such funds so used for family caregivers.”