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Family Caregiver Security Act of 2004

Introduced: March 31, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 3, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Apr 30, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Apr 23, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Apr 14, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 31, 2004
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 31, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Caregiver Security Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the use of qualified family caregivers in the provision of home health aide services under Medicare.

Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to: (1) include nurse practitioners as health care providers; (2) extend benefits to domestic or civil partners; and (3) extend from 12 to 24 workweeks the period of family or medical leave for spouses employed by the same employer.

What's happening now May 3, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 21, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4095: Family Caregiver Security Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4095/
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"H.R. 4095: Family Caregiver Security Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4095/.
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H.R. 4095, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4095/.
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