S. 3231 119th Congress Senate

Respite CARE Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to develop and expand integrated caregiver support services for family caregivers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 20, 2025 Introduced by: Edward J. Markey Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

Social Welfare

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Became law

Nov 20, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Nov 20, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now November 20, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

Administration on Aging
4 filings
AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation
4 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
4 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
4 filings
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Gillibrand, Kirsten E.

New York · Nov 20, 2025

Kim, Andy

New Jersey · Nov 20, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3231: Respite CARE Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3231/

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"S. 3231: Respite CARE Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3231/.

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S. 3231, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3231/.

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