Strengthening Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2490 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2490 To improve the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29, 2025 Mr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Kim) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents Act''. SEC. 2. IMPROVING TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS UNDER THE STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. Section 712 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058g) is amended-- (1) in subsection (h)(5)-- (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)-- (i) by striking ``the representatives'' and inserting ``each type of representative''; and (ii) by inserting…