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Contact: Bonnie Lawrence, Family Caregiver Alliance Communications, 415-434-3388 x312, blawrence@caregiver.org
The resource includes all federal and state legislation related to family caregiving introduced between 2004 and 2006.
Bills can be searched by state or according to the policy strategy used to support family caregivers, such as tax incentives, Medicaid policies, and respite assistance.
More than 100 bills with provisions to help family caregivers were introduced at the federal and state levels in the last three years. Five of the 26 federal bills introduced in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) were enacted into law. Out of the 32 states that introduced 78 caregiving bills between 2004 and 2006, one out of four states (13) enacted 16 bills into law.
Click to visit the Federal and State Legislation section of FCA's website.
Click to read a Summary of Bills from 2004-2006.
To keep abreast of current federal and state caregiving legislation and innovative programs, FCA's bi-weekly e-newsletter, "Caregiving PolicyDigest," also offers a summary of the complex, rapidly changing environment of caregiving.
The oldest community-based caregiver organization in the nation, Family Caregiver
