Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 2, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedNov 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017
This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include the specific needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals among the "greatest social needs" served under that Act. An LGBT individual shall be considered a "minority" for purposes of services provided under the Act.
The bill authorizes the Administration of Aging to designate within it a person with responsibility for addressing issues affecting LGBT older individuals. In addition, the administration shall conduct studies and collect data to determine the services needed by LGBT older individuals.
The administration shall establish and operate the National Resource Center on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging to provide national, state, and local organizations with the information and technical assistance needed by those organizations to effectively serve LGBT older individuals.
The Long-Term Care Ombudsman of each state shall, as a condition of receiving certain federal funding under the Act, collect and analyze data related to discrimination against LGBT older individuals in long-term care settings.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 2, 2017 to Sep 4, 2018; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Nov 2, 2017 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Nov 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Nov 8, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Nov 8, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Nov 8, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Nov 14, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Nov 16, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Nov 16, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Nov 16, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Nov 21, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Nov 30, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Dec 5, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Dec 11, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Dec 14, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Dec 19, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 20, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Dec 21, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 8, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jul 12, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Sep 4, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Nov 2, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 2, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Nov 1, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8300-8301)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6469 | Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | Jul 18, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 178, November 2, 2017, page H8444.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1777 | Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 14, 2019 |
| S 2089 | LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017 | Related bill | Nov 7, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide equal treatment of LGBT older individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Aging
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Mental health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
