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H.R. 4222: Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017

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H.R. 4222: Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-02 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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 2017

Plain summary

Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017 This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include the specific needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals among the "greatest social needs" served under that Act. An LGBT individual shall be considered a "minority" for purposes of services provided under the Act. The bill authorizes the Administration of Aging to designate within it a person with responsibility for addressing issues affecting LGBT older individuals. In addition, the administration shall conduct studies and collect data to determine the services needed by LGBT older individuals. The administration shall establish and operate the National Resource Center on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging to provide national, state, and local organizations with the information and technical assistance needed by those organizations to effectively serve LGBT older individuals. The Long-Term Care Ombudsman of each state shall, as a condition of receiving certain federal funding under the Act, collect and analyze data related to discrimination against LGBT older individuals in long-term care settings.

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Official text

Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · 29 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Lois Frankel (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4222 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115