Sec. 111. Federal coordination of supports and services for living independently and safely at home
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Title II of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3011–3020 ) is amended by inserting after section 203A the following: The Assistant Secretary shall carry out an initiative under this section to identify and disseminate information about Federal resources to promote falls prevention, home assessments, and home modifications, which may include in-home assistive technology, to enable older individuals to live independently and safely in a home environment. In carrying out the initiative under this section, the Assistant Secretary shall coordinate, through memoranda of understanding, agreements, or other appropriate means of coordination, with all Federal efforts and Federal programs in effect on the effective date of this section that support evidence-based falls prevention, home assessments, and home modifications, which may include in-home assistive technology, for older individuals, including older individuals with disabilities.
Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, and triennially thereafter as needed, the Assistant Secretary shall publish a report that includes— an inventory of the then current Federal programs that support evidence-based falls prevention, home assessments, and home modifications, which may include in-home assistive technology, for older individuals and older individuals with disabilities; for the fiscal year of the report, statistical data on the number of older individuals and older individuals with disabilities served by each Federal program described in paragraph (1), including a demographic analysis and the approximate amount of Federal funding invested in each such program; an evaluation of the impact of Federal programs that support falls prevention and home modifications, which may include in-home assistive technology, on health status and health outcomes in populations supported by such efforts and programs; and information on the extent to which consumer-friendly resources, such as a brochure— are available through the National Eldercare Locator Service established under section 202(a)(21); are accessible to all area agencies on aging; and contain information on home assessments and home modifications for older individuals attempting to live independently and safely in their homes and for the caregivers of such individuals. .
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Federal coordination of supports and services for living independently and safely at home
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