,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,markey 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,baldwin1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 and ,mr4     
,kim7 introduced the following bill2    
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,older ,americans ,act of     
#aife to authorize funding for the      
,research1 ,demonstration1 and          
,evaluation ,center for the ,aging      
,network to engage in certain research  
and evaluation activities with respect  
to family caregivers and to revise the  
definition of the term family caregiver4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,family ,caregiving        
,research and ,innovation ,act4  #b4    
,family caregivers  7a7 ,research and   
evaluation activities ,section #baf7;b7 
of the ,older ,americans ,act of #aife  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjbj;f7b77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking 2   

and and inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in 
paragraph 7#d71 by striking the period  
and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7#e7 to     
carry out research and evaluation       
activities under section #bja7;g7 that  
bolster data1 research1 and             
evidence-based practices with respect to
 family caregivers 7as defined in       
section #cjb71 #cj1jjj1jjj for each of  
fiscal years #bjbf through #bjcj4  4    
7b7 ,definition of family caregiver     
7#a7 ,in general ,section #cjb of the   
,older ,americans ,act of #aife 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #cjbb7 is amended-- 7,a7 by   
amending paragraph 7#c7 to read as      
follows3  7#c7 ,the term family         
caregiver-- 7,a7 means-- 7i7 an adult   
family member1 or another individual1   
who is an informal provider of in-home  
and community care to an older          
individual or to an individual of any   
age with ,alzheimer's disease or a      
related disorder with neurological and  
organic brain dysfunction2 or  7ii7 an  

older relative caregiver2 and  7,b7 does
 not include an individual providing    
care whose primary relationship with the
 individual receiving the care is based 
on a financial or professional          
agreement4  2  7,b7 by redesignating    
paragraph 7#d7 as paragraph 7#e72 and   
7,c7 by inserting after paragraph 7#c7  
the following3  7#d7 ,the term older    
relative caregiver means a caregiver    
who-- 7,a7 7i7 is age #ee or older2 and 
7ii7 lives with1 is the informal        
provider of in-home and community care  
to1 and is the primary caregiver for1 a 
child or an individual with a           
disability2  7,b7 in the case of a      
caregiver for a child-- 7i7 is the      
grandparent1 stepgrandparent1 or other  
relative 7other than the parent7 by     
blood1 marriage1 or adoption1 of the    
child2  7ii7 is the primary caregiver of
 the child because the biological or    
adoptive parents are unable or unwilling
 to serve as the primary caregivers of  
the child2 and  7iii7 has a legal       

relationship to the child1 such as legal
 custody1 adoption1 or guardianship1 or 
is raising the child informally2 and    
7,c7 in the case of a caregiver for an  
individual with a disability1 is the    
parent1 grandparent1 or other relative  
by blood1 marriage1 or adoption1 of the 
individual with a disability4  4  7#b7  
,national ,family ,caregiver ,support   
,program  7,a7 ,definitions ,section    
#cgb7;a7 of the ,older ,americans ,act  
of #aife 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjcjs7a77 is   
amended-- 7i7 in paragraph 7#a71 by     
striking or older relative caregiver2   
and  7ii7 by striking paragraph 7#d74   
7,b7 ,program authorized ,section #cgc  
of the ,older ,americans ,act of #aife  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjcjs-#a7 is amended--  
7i7 in subsection 7a71 by striking      
systems and all that follows through the
 period and inserting systems of support
 services for family caregivers42  7ii7 
by amending subsection 7c77#a7 to read  
as follows3  7#a7 ,population served    
7,a7 ,in general ,subject to            

subparagraph 7,b71 services under a     
,state program under this part shall be 
provided to family caregivers4  7,b7    
,respite care and supplemental services 
,with regard to the services specified  
in paragraphs 7#d7 and 7#e7 of          
subsection 7b71 in the case of a        
caregiver described in clause 7i7 of    
section #cjb7c77;,a71 such services     
shall be provided only to such a        
caregiver who is providing care to an   
older individual who meets the condition
 specified in subparagraph 7,a77i7 or   
7,b7 of section #ajb7bb74  2  7iii7 in  
subsection 7f77#c71 by striking family  
caregivers1 or older relative           
caregivers1 and inserting family        
caregivers2 and  7iv7 in subsection     
7i77#a71 by striking family caregivers  
and older relative caregivers and       
inserting family caregivers4  7#c7      
,additional conforming amendment        
,section #dag7;a77#a77;,f77i7 of the    
,older ,americans ,act of #aife 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #cjcb;f7a77#a77;,f77i77 is    

amended by striking 7as defined in      
section #cgb7;a77 and inserting 7as     
defined in section #cjb74