Congress 115 - HR 3494 - National Care Corps Act of 2017

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Adult day care Aging Department of Health and Human Services Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Executive agency funding and structure Health Health care costs and insurance Health personnel Higher education Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs

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National Care Corps Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Care Corps through which Corps volunteers provide certain home-based or community-based services to individuals in need via participation in local care corps programs.

The National Care Corps may award grants to eligible entities to establish and implement a local care corps program through which Corps volunteers perform approved services for individuals in need.

Actions

Jul 28, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 27, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 27, 2017

Introduced in House
Jul 24, 2017

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6202)

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