S 1485
113th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Adult day care
Aging
Income tax credits
Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2013
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 1, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow caregivers a tax credit for up to $6,000 of the eldercare expenses incurred for their parents (or ancestors of such parents).
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase and extend funding for the National Family Caregiver Support Program through FY2017, and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a grant to or enter into a cooperative agreement with a public or private nonprofit entity to establish a National Resource Center on Family Caregiving to provide information on and support for family caregiver support programs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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