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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 18, 2000
Live Long and Prosper Act of 2000 - Title I: Tax Incentives to Enhance Long-Term Care - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a: (1) deduction for qualifying long-term care insurance costs of a taxpayer and his or her spouse and children; and (2) personal exemption for certain elderly family members with long-term care needs residing in a taxpayer's home.Title II: National Summit on Long-Term Care - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to direct the President to convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care.Title III: Federal Outreach Efforts to Promote Long-Term Care - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Labor to: (1) maintain an outreach program to promote financing and purchase of long-term care insurance by the American workforce; (2) establish a long-term care insurance Internet site.Authorizes appropriations for additional State outreach to seniors.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide outreach on long-term care issues, including establishment of an Internet site.Amends the Social Security Act to require social security account statements to provide information relating to medicare, medicaid, and long-term care.
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Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] · R–IL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3400)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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