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H.R. 3793: Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015

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H.R. 3793: Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-10-21 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-10-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015

Plain summary

Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015 Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include LGBT individuals (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals) within the purview of such Act, particularly their status as LGBT individuals among those with the greatest social need. Authorizes the Administration of Aging to: (1) designate within it a person with responsibility for addressing issues affecting LGBT older individuals; (2) conduct studies and collect data to determine the services needed by LGBT older individuals; and (3) establish and operate the National Resource Center on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Aging. Revises the list of activities of national significance for families and other caregivers, for which the Administration's grants may be used, to specify those provided to individuals with greatest social need which: (1) address physical and mental health, disabilities, and health disparities; (2) provide long-term care, including in-home and community-based care; (3) provide informal care and formal care in a facility setting; (4) provide access to culturally responsive health and human services; and (5) address other gaps in assistance and issues of particular importance to older individuals with the greatest social need. Requires a State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to collect and analyze discrimination data with respect to LGBT older individuals in the admission to, transfer or discharge from, or lack of adequate care provided in long-term care settings.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] · 25 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Pete Aguilar (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3793 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114