Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans.

3/5/2008--Introduced.
Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to:
(1) establish a Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program to enter into contracts with physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, psychologists, and social workers trained in geriatrics or gerontology to pay educational loans in exchange for providing full-time clinical practice and service to older adults; and
(2) establish the National Advisory Council on the Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program.
Requires the Secretary to ensure that individuals eligible for the nurse loan repayment program include registered nurses who complete specialty training in geriatrics or gerontology and who elect to provide nursing services to older adults in home and long-term care settings.
Authorizes the Secretary to award nursing education grants and enter into contracts for programs that focus on specialty training in providing long-term care services for nursing personnel who provide services in home and long-term care settings.
Requires the Secretary to establish a Health and Long-Term Care Workforce Advisory Panel to conduct a research project to identify incentives for recruitment and retention of clinicians and providers who agree to serve vulnerable older adults in geriatric and long-term care settings.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
• and 8 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
  • Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
  • Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2708

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 05, 2008

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• Mar 05, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Introduced on Mar 05, 2008.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.6337

Related Issue Areas:

• Student loan funds
• Social work
• Social services
• Scholarships
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• Physicians' assistants
• Physicians
• Nursing education
• Nursing
• Nurses
• Nurse practitioners
• Medical education
• Medical care
• Long-term care
• Home care services
• Higher education
• Gerontology
• Geriatrics
• Federal advisory bodies
• Executive departments
• Education
• Aged
• Medicine

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Blog Coverage

July 11, 2008 Caring for America Elders‏ From: Howard McGowan (maldensenior ...

Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced S. 2708, the Caring for an Aging America Act, on March 5. The bill would address the emerging gap between the increasing number of older Americans and the serious lack of providers trained in caring for ...

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May 02, 2008 Support the Caring for An Aging American Act of 2008 (S.2708)

Support the Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 (S.2708). WE NEED YOUR HELP! The United States is facing an immediate and growing crisis in providing care for our aging population, which is projected to almost double from 37 million ...

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April 29, 2008 Long-Term Care Workforce Bill and Nursing Home Quality Reform Bill

Barbara Boxer (D-CA) recently introduced S. 2708, the Caring for an Aging America Act. The bill is intended to address the gap between the growing number of older adults and the serious lack of Direct Care Workers. ...

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