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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 26, 2015
Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2015
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow caregivers a tax credit for up to $6,000 of the eldercare expenses incurred for their parents (or ancestors of such parents).
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase and extend funding for the National Family Caregiver Support Program through FY2019, and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to or enter into a cooperative agreement with a public or private nonprofit entity to establish a National Resource Center on Family Caregiving to provide information on and support for family caregiver support programs.
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Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D–MN
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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