H.R. 10071 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10071 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 29, 2024Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mrs. Houchin, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Assistant Secretary for Aging to make available to States, area agencies on aging, and service providers information and technical assistance to support the provision of evidence-informed practices that are likely to improve health outcomes, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Evidence-Informed Health Promotion Act. 2. Evidence-informed health promotion (a) Functions of Assistant Secretary Section 202 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3012) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(28)— (A) by inserting or, as applicable and appropriate, evidence-informed practices that are likely to improve health outcomes, after services,; and (B) by inserting and practices after such services; and (2) in subsection (b)(9)(B)— (A) by inserting or, as applicable and appropriate, evidence-informed practices that are likely to improve health outcomes, after services programs,; and (B) by inserting and practices after such services. (b) Disease prevention and health promotion services Section 361(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030m(a)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by inserting , or, as applicable and appropriate, evidence-informed practices that are likely to improve health outcomes, before and information; and (2) in the second sentence, by inserting , and, as applicable and appropriate, evidence-informed practices that are likely to improve health outcomes, before in different settings. (c) Falls prevention and chronic disease self-Management education Section 411(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (15), by inserting or evidence-informed after evidence based; and (2) in paragraph (16), by inserting or evidence-informed after evidence based.