S. 3730: ‘Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2008’

Sponsor: Sen. Herbert Kohl [D-WI]
Dec 10, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Subtitle A--Health Professions Education Related to Geriatrics
Sec. 101. Geriatric education centers.
Sec. 102. Improving geriatric training for physicians, dentists, and behavior and mental health professionals.
Sec. 103. Geriatric academic career awards.
Sec. 104. Geriatric Career Incentive Awards.
Sec. 105. National Center for Health Workforce Analysis.

Subtitle B--Improved Nursing Services
Sec. 121. Comprehensive geriatric education nursing grant program.

TITLE II--AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998
Sec. 201. Core services.
Sec. 202. Individual training accounts.
Sec. 203. Collaboration between State boards and the veterans agencies of the States.
Sec. 204. Collaboration between Department of Labor and Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 205. Training opportunities for direct care workers.

TITLE III--AMENDMENTS TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965
Sec. 301. Family caregiver training.
Sec. 302. Redesignations in provisions for multigenerational and civic engagement activities.
Sec. 303. National Resource Center on Volunteers, Students, and Seniors.

TITLE IV--AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
Sec. 401. Demonstration program for personal or home care aides, nurse aides, and home health aides in long-term care settings.
Sec. 402. Medicare family caregiver information and referral.
Sec. 403. Medicaid assessment of family caregiver support needs.

TITLE V--STUDIES AND REPORTS
Sec. 501. Studies and reports.
(a) IOM Study and Report on Mental Health Workforce Needs
(b) GAO Study and Report on the Needs of the Aging Network

(c) GAO Study and Report on the Direct Case Workforce in Long-Term Care Settings
(d) GAO Study and Report on NIH Spending and Grants