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HR 3494 115th Congress House

National Care Corps Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Care Corps, and to authorize grants for local care corps programs, through which qualified volun… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Care Corps, and to authorize grants for local care corps programs, through which qualified volunteers provide care, companionship, and other services to individuals in need, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 7, 2018 See on congress.gov
Health Adult day careAgingDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDisability and paralysis
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 27, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jul 27, 2017
Introduced in House
Jul 24, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6202)
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 Latest action July 28, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Care Corps Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Care Corps through which Corps volunteers provide certain home-based or community-based services to individuals in need via participation in local care corps programs.

The National Care Corps may award grants to eligible entities to establish and implement a local care corps program through which Corps volunteers perform approved services for individuals in need.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3493 Related bill Care Corps Demonstration Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 7, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3494: National Care Corps Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3494/
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"H.R. 3494: National Care Corps Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3494/.
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H.R. 3494, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3494/.
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