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42 U.S.C. § 3018 — Reports to Congress
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**(a) Annual report** Not later than one hundred and twenty days after the close of each fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and to the Congress a full and complete report on the activities carried out under this chapter. Such annual reports shall include—
(1) statistical data reflecting services and activities provided to individuals during the preceding fiscal year;
(2) statistical data collected under [section 3012(a)(16) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3012/a/16&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) statistical data and an analysis of information regarding the effectiveness of the State agency and area agencies on aging in targeting services to older individuals with greatest economic need and older individuals with greatest social need, with particular attention to low-income minority individuals, older individuals residing in rural areas, low-income individuals, and frail individuals (including individuals with any physical or mental functional impairment); and
(4) a description of the implementation of the plan required by [section 3012(a)(14) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3012/a/14&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Report on ombudsman program**
(1) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Assistant Secretary shall compile a report—
(A) summarizing and analyzing the data collected under subchapters III and XI in accordance with [section 3058g(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3058g/c&num=0&edition=prelim) for the then most recently concluded fiscal year;
(B) identifying significant problems and issues revealed by such data (with special emphasis on
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**(a) Annual report** Not later than one hundred and twenty days after the close of each fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and to the Congress a full and complete report on the activities carried out under this chapter. Such annual reports shall include—
(1) statistical data reflecting services and activities provided to individuals during the preceding fiscal year;
(2) statistical data collected under [section 3012(a)(16) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3012/a/16&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) statistical data and an analysis of information regarding the effectiveness of the State agency and area agencies on aging in targeting services to older individuals with greatest economic need and older individuals with greatest social need, with particular attention to low-income minority individuals, older individuals residing in rural areas, low-income individuals, and frail individuals (including individuals with any physical or mental functional impairment); and
(4) a description of the implementation of the plan required by [section 3012(a)(14) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3012/a/14&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Report on ombudsman program**
(1) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Assistant Secretary shall compile a report—
(A) summarizing and analyzing the data collected under subchapters III and XI in accordance with [section 3058g(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3058g/c&num=0&edition=prelim) for the then most recently concluded fiscal year;
(B) identifying significant problems and issues revealed by such data (with special emphasis on problems relating to quality of care and residents’ rights);
(C) discussing current issues concerning the long-term care ombudsman programs of the States; and
(D) making recommendations regarding legislation and administrative actions to resolve such problems.
(2) The Assistant Secretary shall submit the report required by paragraph (1) to—
(A) the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives; and
(C) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
(3) The Assistant Secretary shall provide the report required by paragraph (1), and make the State reports required under subchapters III and XI in accordance with [section 3058g(h)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3058g/h/1&num=0&edition=prelim) available, to—
(A) the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;
(B) the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services;
(C) the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services;
(D) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
(E) each public agency or private organization designated as an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman under subchapter III or XI in accordance with [section 3058g(a)(4)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3058g/a/4/A&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Outreach activities; report on evaluations to be included in annual report** The Assistant Secretary shall, as part of the annual report submitted under subsection (a), prepare and submit a report on the outreach activities supported under this chapter, together with such recommendations as the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate. In carrying out this subsection, the Assistant Secretary shall consider—
(1) the number of older individuals reached through the activities;
(2) the dollar amount of the assistance and benefits received by older individuals as a result of such activities;
(3) the cost of such activities in terms of the number of individuals reached and the dollar amount described in paragraph (2);
(4) the effect of such activities on supportive services and nutrition services furnished under subchapter III of this chapter; and
(5) the effectiveness of State and local efforts to target older individuals with greatest economic need (including low-income minority individuals and older individuals residing in rural areas) and older individuals with greatest social need (including low-income minority individuals and older individuals residing in rural areas) to receive services under this chapter.
**(d) Evaluation to Congress** The Assistant Secretary shall provide the evaluation required under [section 3017(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3017/b&num=0&edition=prelim) to—
(1) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(3) the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate;
(4) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives; and
(5) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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**(a) Authority of Secretary; scope of evaluation; persons conducting evaluation** The Secretary shall measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this chapter, their effectiveness in achieving stated goals in general, and in relation to their cost, their impact on related programs, their effectiveness in targeting for services under this chapter unserved older individuals with greatest economic need (including low-income minority individuals and older individuals residing in rural areas) and unserved older individuals with greatest social need (including low-income minority individuals and older individuals residing in rural areas), and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of services, including, where appropriate, comparisons with appropriate control groups composed of persons who have not participated in such programs. Evaluations shall be conducted by persons not immediately involved in the administration of the program or project evaluated.
**(b) Relationship of programs to health care expenditures** Not later than July 1, 2020, the Secretary shall provide, directly or through grant or contract, for an evaluation of programs under this chapter, which shall include, to the extent practicable, an analysis of the relationship of such programs, including demonstration projects under subchapter IV of this chapter, to health care expenditures under the Medicare program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ([42 U.S.C. 1395](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and the Medicaid program established under title XIX of the Social Security Act ([42 U.S.C. 1396](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396&num=0&edition=pre
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The Congress hereby finds and declares that, in keeping with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the individual in our democratic society, the older people of our Nation are entitled to, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility of the governments of the United States, of the several States and their political subdivisions, and of Indian tribes to assist our older people to secure equal opportunity to the full and free enjoyment of the following objectives:
(1) An adequate income in retirement in accordance with the American standard of living.
(2) The best possible physical and mental health (including access to person-centered, trauma-informed services as appropriate) which science can make available and without regard to economic status.
(3) Obtaining and maintaining suitable housing, independently selected, designed and located with reference to special needs and available at costs which older citizens can afford.
(4) Full restoration services for those who require institutional care, and a comprehensive array of community-based, long-term care services adequate to appropriately sustain older people in their communities and in their homes, including support to family members and other persons providing voluntary care to older individuals needing long-term care services.
(5) Opportunity for employment with no discriminatory personnel practices because of age.
(6) Retirement in health, honor, dignity—after years of contribution to the economy.
(7) Participating in and contributing to meaningful activity within the widest range of civic, cultural, education and training and recreational opportunities.
(8) Efficient community services, including access to low-cost transportation, which provide a choice in supported living ar
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President, and to the extent consistent with the other provisions of this chapter, where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to any agency or organization assisted under this chapter, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering the funds provided. In such cases, a single non-Federal share requirement may be established according to the proportion of funds advanced by each Federal agency, and any such agency may waive any technical grant or contract requirement (as defined by such regulations) which is inconsistent with the similar requirements of the administering agency or which the administering agency does not impose.
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 3018
propriation, the amount available for such allotments
(and the amount deemed appropriated therefor) shall be
reduced accordingly.’’
1987—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–175 inserted ‘‘and older
individuals with disabilities’’ before period at end.
1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–459, § 206(a), substituted
‘‘the Secretary develops and publishes general stand-
ards to be used by the Secretary in evaluating the pro-
grams and projects assisted under such subchapter’’ for
‘‘he has developed and published general standards to
be used by him in evaluating the programs and projects
assisted under such section or subchapter’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–459, § 206(b), inserted provision
requiring the Secretary to consult with organizations
concerned with older individuals, including those rep-
resenting minority individuals, in carrying out evalua-
tions under this section.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–459, § 206(c), inserted reference
to health and nutrition education demonstration
projects conducted under section 3027(f) of this title and
inserted provision requiring dissemination of sum-
maries and analyses required by this subsection to Fed-
eral, State, and local agencies and private organiza-
tions with an interest in aging.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 98–459, § 206, substituted ‘‘one-
tenth of 1 percent’’ for ‘‘1 per centum’’, ‘‘under this
chapter for each fiscal year’’ for ‘‘under this chapter’’,
and ‘‘$300,000 whichever is lower’’ for ‘‘$1,000,000 which-
ever is greater’’.
1981—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–115, § 2(h), struck out
‘‘under section 3028 of this title’’ after ‘‘The Secretary
may not make grants or contracts’’.
1978—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–478, § 102(g)(1), required
the Secretary to conduct, where appropriate
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