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HR 4694 108th Congress House

Positive Aging Act of 2004

Official title: To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for mental health screening and treatment services, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for i… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for mental health screening and treatment services, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 15, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Jul 15, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Jul 7, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 24, 2004
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jun 24, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 15, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Positive Aging Act of 2004 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Assistant Secretary for Aging to establish an Office of Older Adult Mental Health Services within the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Directs the Assistant Secretary to make grants to: (1) States for systems to deliver mental health screening and treatment services to older individuals lacking access to such services, and for programs to increase public awareness of the benefits of preventing and treating mental disorders; and (2) public and nonprofit private entities for demonstration projects providing mental health screening and treatment services to older individuals residing in rural areas or in naturally occurring retirement communities in urban areas.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of HHS, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for: (1) demonstration projects integrating mental health services for older patients into primary care settings; and (2) multidisciplinary geriatric mental health outreach teams in community settings where older adults reside or receive social services. Requires the Director to designate a Deputy Director for Older Adult Mental Health Services. Requires membership of the advisory council for the Center for Mental Health Services to include representatives of older Americans, their families, and geriatric mental health specialists. Includes among projects of national significance the targeting of substance abuse by older individuals. Includes services for older individuals under community mental health services block grant State plan criteria.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4694: Positive Aging Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4694/
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"H.R. 4694: Positive Aging Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4694/.
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