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Submitted by ddailey on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 09:19

April 28, 2021, Washington, DC—As the president prepares to lay out the second part of his economic proposals in a joint address to Congress tonight, Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit providers of aging services and one of the nation’s top voices for older Americans, reviewed a summary of the Administration's new plan and insisted that any relief must prioritize care for America’s rapidly growing older population.

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Lisa Sanders
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Contact: Lisa Sanders

lsanders@leadingage.org 202-508-9407

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We represent more than 5,000 nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-minded organizations that touch millions of lives every day. Alongside our members and 38 state partners, we use applied research, advocacy, education, and community-building to make America a better place to grow old. Our membership, which now includes the providers of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, encompasses the continuum of services for people as they age, including those with disabilities. We bring together the most inventive minds in the field to lead and innovate solutions that support older adults wherever they call home. For more information visit leadingage.org.

With the increasing demand for health care workers, more than 40 states temporarily modified licensing requirements to recruit more health care workers. Vermont, for example, relaxed requirements for retired and out-of-state health professionals, and Kentucky passed a bill allowing medical students to conduct triage, diagnose, and treat patients if under fully accredited supervision.

Submitted by ddailey on Fri, 04/23/2021 - 17:27

April 23, 2021, Washington, DC—Following is a statement by Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit providers of aging s

Author: 
Lisa Sanders
Contact: 

Contact: Lisa Sanders

lsanders@leadingage.org 202-508-9407

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About LeadingAge:
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We represent more than 5,000 nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-minded organizations that touch millions of lives every day. Alongside our members and 38 state partners, we use applied research, advocacy, education, and community-building to make America a better place to grow old. Our membership, which now includes the providers of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, encompasses the continuum of services for people as they age, including those with disabilities. We bring together the most inventive minds in the field to lead and innovate solutions that support older adults wherever they call home. For more information visit leadingage.org.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin accepting applications for the second half of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, Thursday, April 29, 2021, at 12 p.m. ET through Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 12 p.m. ET.

The program allows eligible health care providers to be reimbursed for providing telecommunications services, information services, and connected devices necessary to enable telehealth during the pandemic.

Based on conversations with key Senate and House leadership staff, LeadingAge has pulled together an outlook for upcoming Congressional action.

LeadingAge expects the Senate to confirm the nominations of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the CMS administrator, in spite of an evenly split vote on her nomination from the Senate Finance Committee, which was the result of pushback over CMS’ decision to rescind the Texas Section 1115 waiver extension. The Senate is also expected to confirm Andrea Joan Palm to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

House Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD Chair David Price (D-NC) welcomed HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge as a the sole witness for a hearing on HUD’s fiscal year 2022 (FY22) budget request, the details of which have not been released by the Administration. Overall, HUD is seeking a 15% increase for FY22.

On April 20, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held a hearing, “COVID-19 Recovery: Supporting Workers and Modernizing the Workforce Through Quality Education, Training, and Employment Opportunities.” The hearing focused on strengthening our nation’s workforce programs to provide quality education, training, and employment opportunities for working families impacted by the pandemic.

Legislation to expand and improve the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) was introduced today in the Senate and House. The identical bills represent close iterations of Housing Credit legislation introduced, and widely-supported, in previous sessions of Congress.

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