What a yes vote endorsed
Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
What this does
The bill reauthorizes the Older Americans Act of 1965 and sets its appropriations for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It raises the Administration on Aging authorization from $55,469,968 in fiscal year 2026 to $66,460,281 in fiscal year 2030, with parallel increases for grants for State and community programs, health and longevity activities, and grants for Native Americans. Beyond the funding, it updates the aging network across the Act. It rewrites how services for mental health, substance use disorders, and cognitive impairments of older individuals are administered. It adds medically tailored meals to the nutrition provisions and lets a State use up to 25 percent of certain part C funds for grab-and-go meals. It strengthens the family caregiver support program and emphasizes respite care. It expands the long-term care ombudsman and elder abuse prevention programs, including requiring the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs to serve full time.
Passed the Senate by unanimous consent
How we know · 10 sourced claims
- The bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.Source: Long title; Title VIII
- Section 3 provides that every amendment or repeal expressed in the Act refers to a provision of the Older Americans Act of 1965.Source: Sec. 3
- It sets the Administration on Aging authorization at $55,469,968 for fiscal year 2026, rising to $66,460,281 for fiscal year 2030.Source: Sec. 801
- It sets parallel appropriations increases for grants for State and community programs on aging, activities for health, independence, and longevity, and grants for Native Americans.Source: Sec. 802, Sec. 803, Sec. 805
- It rewrites how the Assistant Secretary administers services for mental health and substance use disorders and cognitive impairments of older individuals.Source: Sec. 102
- It adds medically tailored meals to the Act's nutrition definitions and administration provisions.Source: Sec. 301
- It lets a State elect to use not more than 25 percent of certain subpart 1 of part C funds to make grab-and-go meals available for consumption outside congregate meal sites.Source: Sec. 302
- It emphasizes respite care within the services that support family members and other persons providing voluntary care to older individuals.Source: Sec. 402
- It requires the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs to serve on a full-time basis.Source: Sec. 701
- Every title of the Act amends the same statute, the Older Americans Act of 1965, making it one reauthorization rather than a bundle of separate measures.Source: Sec. 3; Titles I through VIII