WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Caregivers

P.L. 110-351, The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3.75

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6893 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption....

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S. 3657, The Military Child Care Act of 2008

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3657 would provide additional respite care for spouses of members of the Armed Forces who deploy overseas....

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H.R. 7237, The Middle Class Dependent Care Fairness Act of 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7237 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit....

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H.R. 7233, The Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7233 would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine family medical needs and to assist elderly relatives....

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H.R. 7114, The Independence at Home Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7114 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain high cost Medicare beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to Independence at Home services in lower cost treatment settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care developed by an Independence at Home physician or Independence at Home nurse practitioner....

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S. 3613, The Independence at Home Act of 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3613 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain high cost Medicare beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to Independence at home services in lower cost treatment settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care developed by an Independence at Home physician or Independence at Home nurse practitioner....

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S. 3594, The Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Raids and Detention Act

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3594 would protect United States citizens from unlawful arrest and detention....

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H.R. 7036, The Elder Care Tax Credit Act of 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7036 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer....

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S. 1070, The Elder Justice Act - Cost per Average Family: $6.02

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1070 would amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation....

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S. 3492, The Resource Family Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3492 would amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure States follow best policies and practices for supporting and retaining foster parents and to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to improve the empowerment, leadership, support, training, recruitment, and retention of foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents....

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H.R. 3963, The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1239.27

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3963 would amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program....

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S. 3327, The Empowered at Home Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3327 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services under the Medicaid program....

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H.R. 2343, The Education Begins at Home Act - Cost per Average Family: $7.01

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2343 would expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns....

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H.R. 6390, The Caregiver Financial Relief Act of 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6390 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against tax for certain caregivers, it would expand the dependent care credit, and it would increase the exclusion limitation for dependent care assistance programs....

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H.R. 6307, The Fostering Connections to Success Act

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6307 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to assist children in foster care in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school....

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H.R. 6326, The Military Family Support Act of 2008

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6326 would provide for a Federal employees program to authorize the use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service....

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S. 3163, The Military Family Support Act

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3163 would provide for a Federal employees program to authorize the use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service....

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H.R. 6314, The Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6314 would increase awareness of the existence of and it would overcome gender bias in academic science and engineering through research and training....

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H.R. 6263, The Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6263 would increase awareness of the existence of, and overcome, gender bias in academic science and engineering through research and training....

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H.R. 6237, The Tax Relief for Long-Term Care Act of 2008

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6237 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a credit for long-term care insurance premiums and for taxpayers with long-term care needs....

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S. 2921, The Caring for Wounded Warriors Act of 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2921 would require pilot programs on training and certification for family caregiver personal care attendants for veterans and members of the Armed Forces with traumatic brain injury, and it would require a pilot program on provision of respite care to such veterans and members....

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H.R. 5898, The Silver Alert Grant Program Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5898 would authorize a grant program to help establish and improve State-administered notification systems to help locate missing individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses....

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H.R. 5655, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and improve the dependent care tax credit

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5655 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and improve the dependent care tax credit....

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H.R. 5543, The Women's Retirement Security Act of 2008

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5543 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners....

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H.R. 5466, The Invest in KIDS Act

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5466 would improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children....

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