Sec. 2. Findings and sense of the Senate
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Congress finds that: Caregiving is an essential element of family life and a vital service for children, the ill, the disabled, and the elderly. The establishment of a caregiver credit would bolster the economic prospects of unpaid caregivers and would provide them with vital retirement security. The 2018 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds concluded that the combined Trust Funds will be able to pay scheduled benefits in full until 2034.
It is the sense of Senate that the United States Congress must address the unfair exclusion of professional and hardworking home care providers who are not eligible to receive Social Security or Medicare because they provide paid care to a family member with a disability under programs operated at the State and local level for general health and welfare protection.