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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 12, 2025
Long-Term Care Transparency Act
This bill requires the Administration on Aging to submit to Congress an annual report that (1) aggregates reports submitted to the administration by state long-term care ombudsman offices for the year, and (2) summarizes the findings of such reports.
(State long-term care ombudsman programs investigate and respond to complaints by and on behalf of residents in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other adult care homes. Each state long-term care ombudsman office is required to submit an annual report to the administration including data related to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities and an evaluation of the problems experienced by long-term care residents.)
People & committees
Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] · R–NY
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-12 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would require the Assistant Secretary to send Congress an annual report about State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs. It would bring together reports submitted for that year under an existing reporting requirement and summarize their findings, giving specified congressional committees a combined account of those reports.
2. Reporting on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Each year, the Assistant Secretary shall submit, to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, a report that— (1) aggregates all reports submitted under section 712(h) for such year; and (2) provides a summary of the findings of such reports.
Section 1 would name the bill the Long-Term Care Transparency Act.
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Long-Term Care Transparency Act.
Section 2 would add a new section 714 to the Older Americans Act of 1965. It would require the annual congressional report to combine all reports submitted under section 712(h) for that year and summarize their findings.
Chapter 2 of subtitle A of title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 714. Reports to Congress
a report that— (1) aggregates all reports submitted under section 712(h) for such year; and (2) provides a summary of the findings of such reports.
The Assistant Secretary would have to send the report each year to three committees: the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; the Senate Special Committee on Aging; and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Each year, the Assistant Secretary shall submit, to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, a report
The supplied July 18, 2026 source snapshot records that the bill was introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on February 12, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-07-18T00:03:19Z. 2025-02-12: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 2025-02-12: Introduced in House
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