Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984

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Introduced

26 April 1984

Last action

9 October 1984 · Became law

Status

Became Public Law No: 98-459.

Summary

Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to declare as an objective of the Act that community services provided under the Act should place emphasis on maintaining a continuum of care for the vulnerable elderly. Directs the Commissioner on Aging to develop linkages with utilization and quality control peer review organizations under the Social Security Act in order to insure the development of community alternatives. Increases the number of programs related to the purposes of the Act, for purposes of Federal agency cooperation. Revises provisions relating to the appointment of members to the Federal Council on Aging. Authorizes appropriations for the Council for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. Provides for the annual authorization of appropriations to conduct program and project evaluations in an amount not exceeding one-tenth of one percent of annual funding or $300,000, whichever is lower. Defines the term: (1) "multipurpose senior center" to mean a community facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services, which shall include, but not be limited to, provision of health, social, nutritional and educational services and the provision of facilities for recreational activities for older individuals; and (2) "focal point" to mean a facility established to encourage the maximum collocation and coordination of services for older individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for grants for: (1) supportive services and senior centers; (2) congregate nutrition services; and (3) home delivered nutrition services. Permits a State to use up to one percent of its allotment for conducting effective demonstration projects in health and nutrition education. Requires a State agency designating an area agency on aging to give the right of first refusal to a unit of general purpose local government when the boundaries of such a unit and the boundaries of the area are reasonably contiguous. Requires area plans: (1) to provide supportive services for families of elderly victims of Alzheimers' disease and other neurological diseases and organic brain disorders; (2) to provide services for the prevention of elder abuse; and (3) in providing services, to give preference to older individuals, especially minorities, with the greatest economic or social needs. Requires an area agency before requesting a waiver of any requirements for furnishing services to conduct a public hearing. Repeals the authority of grant recipients to charge for meals. Permits grant recipients to request voluntary contributions for meals. Requires a State plan to provide that with respect to services for the prevention of elder abuse: (1) the State will identify the public and private nonprofit entities involved in the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) the State will, based on such identification, determine the extent to which the need for services for the prevention of elder abuse are unmet; (3) the State will establish, in areas where the need for services is unmet, a program for public education to identify and prevent elder abuse, receive reports of elder abuse, and refer complaints to law enforcement agencies; (4) the State will not permit involuntary or coerced participation in the program of services by alleged victims, abusers, or their households; and (5) all information gathered shall remain confidential unless all parties to the complaint agree to the release of the information, except that the information may be released to a law enforcement agency. Requires a State plan to provide assurances that each State will: (1) provide inservice training opportunities for personnel of agencies and programs funded under the Act; and (2) assign personnel to provide State leadership in developing legal assistance programs for the elderly throughout the State. Requires each State to establish at least one demonstration project for health and nutrition education to be conducted by one or more area agencies on aging. Limits State expenditures for plan administration to an amount not exceeding five percent of its allotment or $500,000, whichever is greater, except that in the case of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, the amount shall be five percent or $200,000, whichever is greater. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for the surplus commodities program under the Act. Prohibits State agencies and area agencies on aging from requesting information or data of providers which is not pertinent to a payment made under the Act. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States with approved State plans for: (1) supportive services for the prevention of elder abuse; and (2) inservice training and State leadership for legal assistance activities. Revises provisions relating to training, research, and discretionary projects and programs. Authorizes appropriations for such projects and programs for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. States that the purpose of such projects and programs is to expand the knowledge and understanding of aging and the aging process, to design and test innovative ideas in programs and services for older individuals, and to help meet the needs for trained personnel in the field of aging. Directs the Commissioner to administer such projects and programs through the Administration on Aging. Provides for the special consideration of Alzheimers' disease with respect to such projects and programs. Provides for the dissemination of information with respect to project results. Directs the Commissioner, upon request, to provide assistance to State agencies on aging, to work in conjunction with State protective service agencies so as not to duplicate activities already undertaken by such protective service agencies, for the provision of technical assistance and development of training materials for personnel in State and area agencies who are engaged or intend to engage in the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse. Limits to 12 percent of Federal funding the amount which shall be available for the costs of administration of a State's older American community service employment program. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate such employment program with programs of the Job Training Partnership Act, the Community Services Block Grant Act, and the Vocational Education Act of 1984, if the Secretary determines that to do so would increase job opportunities available under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Requires each State receiving funds under the older American community service employment program to report to the Secretary annually concerning the equitable distribution of funds within the State. Authorizes appropriations for such employment program for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for grants to Indian tribes under the Act. Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to add to the definition of the term "employee." States that such term includes any individual who is a U.S. citizen employed by an employer in a workplace in a foreign country. Provides that the provisions of such Act shall not prohibit the compulsory retirement of any employee between 65 and 70 years of age who, between the two year period immediately before retirement, is employed in a bona fide executive position, if such employee is entitled to an immediate nonforfeitable annual retirement benefit of at least $44,000. (Current law provides that the benefit must be at least $27,000.)

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Timeline

26 April 1984
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 1984
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
16 May 1984
Committee
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Approved for reporting with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
18 May 1984
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 900.
Source: Calendars
18 May 1984
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 98-467.
Source: Committee
18 May 1984
Reported
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 98-467.
Source: Committee
24 May 1984
Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
24 May 1984
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
8 August 1984
ResolvingDifferences
House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hawkins, Biaggi, Andrews (NC), Miller (CA), Corrada, Williams (MT), Owens, Eckart, Coleman (MO), Petri, Roukema, Chandler.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
8 August 1984
ResolvingDifferences
House Insisted on its Amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
8 August 1984
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
8 August 1984
Passed
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
8 August 1984
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
8 August 1984
Floor
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
10 August 1984
Passed
Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Hatch; Grassley; Denton; Thurmond; Kennedy; Eagleton; Pell.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 August 1984
Passed
Senate disagreed to the House amendments. By Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
10 August 1984
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendments. By Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
12 September 1984
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 September 1984
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 98-1037 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 September 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 98-1037 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 September 1984
Passed
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 September 1984
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 September 1984
Vote
House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 393 - 2 (Record Vote No: 423).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
26 September 1984
Vote
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 393 - 2 (Record Vote No: 423).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 October 1984
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
1 October 1984
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
1 October 1984
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
9 October 1984
Became law
Became Public Law No: 98-459.
Source: President
9 October 1984
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
9 October 1984
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw

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Passed Senate amended
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
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