S 2842 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Senior Self-Sufficiency Act

Introduced Aug 1, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Jean Carnahan D-MO

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 1, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7909-7910)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedAug 1, 2002
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Senior Self-Sufficiency Act - Amends Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging to award four-year grants of up to $1 million each to eligible entities to carry out ten demonstration projects to provide specified comprehensive supportive services to older individuals in noninstitutional residences in naturally occurring retirement communities to enhance their quality of life and reduce the need to institutionalize them. Limits such grants to geographical areas considered low- or middle-income. Requires two of the grants to be awarded to entities proposing to provide such services to rural residents.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 16, 2002.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-LAJohn B. BreauxOct 16, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 1, 2002Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 1, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7909-7910)
  3. Aug 1, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7908-7909)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

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