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H.R. 5241 117th Congress House

Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2021

Official title: To amend title XX of the Social Security Act to provide grants to States to support linkages to legal services and medical legal partnerships.

Introduced: September 10, 2021 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare
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Sep 10, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Sep 10, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 10, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 10, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2021

This bill establishes a grant program within the Department of Health and Human Services for states to support linkages between health services, social services, and other supports for vulnerable older adults, including through senior legal hotlines and medical-legal partnerships.

A medical-legal partnership means an arrangement in a health care or social services setting that integrates lawyers and social workers to address the needs of an individual patient related to social determinants of health (nonmedical factors such as income that influence health outcomes) and to help clinicians, case managers, and social workers address structural problems at the root of many health inequities.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 8588 Reintroduced Bill Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2024
  • S 2674 Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2021
  • HR 4969 Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5241: Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5241/
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"H.R. 5241: Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5241/.
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H.R. 5241, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5241/.
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