Editorial Notes
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The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(12), is Pub. L. 113–128, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1425, which enacted chapter 32 (§ 3101 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor, repealed chapter 30 (§ 2801 et seq.) of Title 29 and chapter 73 (§ 9201 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, and made amendments to numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of Title 29 and Tables.

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 116–131, § 214(b), inserted “cultural experiences (including the arts),” after “art therapy,”.

Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 116–131, § 213, substituted “screening, screening for negative health effects associated with social isolation,” for “screening and” and inserted “, and traumatic brain injury screening” after “falls prevention services screening”.

Subsec. (a)(25), (26). Pub. L. 116–131, § 214(a), added par. (25) and redesignated former par. (25) as (26).

2016—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–144, § 9(5)(A), inserted “and behavioral” after “mental”.

Pub. L. 114–144, § 4(g)(1)(A), substituted “referral, chronic condition self-care management, or falls prevention services” for “or referral services”.

Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 114–144, § 4(g)(1)(B), substituted “(including mental and behavioral health screening and falls prevention services screening) to detect or prevent (or both) illnesses and injuries that occur most frequently in older individuals;” for “(including mental health screening) to detect or prevent illnesses, or both, that occur most frequently in older individuals;”.

Subsec. (a)(14)(B). Pub. L. 114–144, § 9(5)(B), inserted “and behavioral” after “mental”.

Subsec. (a)(15). Pub. L. 114–144, § 4(g)(1)(C), inserted “, and screening for elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation” before semicolon at end.

Subsec. (a)(23). Pub. L. 114–144, § 9(5)(C), inserted “and behavioral” after “mental”.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–144, § 4(g)(2), inserted “or modernization” after “construction”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–144, § 4(g)(3), inserted before period at end “, and pursue opportunities for the development of intergenerational shared site models for programs or projects, consistent with the purposes of this chapter”.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 114–144, § 4(g)(4), added subsec. (e).

2014—Subsec. (a)(12). Pub. L. 113–128 substituted “including programs carried out under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” for “including programs carried out under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.)”.

2006—Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 109–365, § 311(1), inserted “(including mental health screening)” after “provide health screening”.

Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 109–365, § 311(2), substituted “provision of services and assistive devices (including provision of assistive technology services and assistive technology devices)” for “services”.

Subsec. (a)(14)(B). Pub. L. 109–365, § 311(3), inserted “(including mental health)” after “existing health”.

Subsec. (a)(21). Pub. L. 109–365, § 311(4), substituted “students” for “school-age children” and inserted “services for older individuals with limited English proficiency and” after “including”.

Subsec. (a)(23) to (25). Pub. L. 109–365, § 311(5)–(7), added pars. (23) and (24) and redesignated former par. (23) as (25).

2000—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 106–501, § 311(1)(A), substituted “and services provided by an area agency on aging, in conjunction with local transportation service providers, public transportation agencies, and other local government agencies, that result in increased provision of such transportation services for older individuals” for “or both”.

Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 106–501, § 311(1)(B), substituted “or (D) to assist older individuals in obtaining housing for which assistance is provided under programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development;” for “or (D) to receive applications from older individuals for housing under section 1701q of title 12;”.

Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 106–501, § 311(1)(C), substituted “including—” and subpars. (A) to (C) for “including client assessment through case management and integration and coordination of community services such as preinstitution evaluation and screening and home health services, homemaker services, shopping services, escort services, reader services, and letter writing services, through resource development and management to assist such individuals to live independently in a home environment;”.

Subsec. (a)(12). Pub. L. 106–501, § 311(1)(D), inserted before semicolon at end “, and including the coordination of the services with programs administered by or receiving assistance from the Department of Labor, including programs carried out under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.)”.

Subsec. (a)(15). Pub. L. 106–501, § 801(c)(5), substituted “section 3027(a)(12)” for “section 3027(a)(16)”.

Subsec. (a)(22). Pub. L. 106–501, § 311(1)(E), (F), added par. (22). Former par. (22) redesignated (23).

Subsec. (a)(23). Pub. L. 106–501, § 311(1)(G), (H), redesignated par. (22) as (23) and inserted “necessary for the general welfare of older individuals” before semicolon at end.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 106–501, § 311(2), added subsecs. (c) and (d).

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner” in introductory and concluding provisions and in par. (14).

Subsec. (a)(15). Pub. L. 103–171, § 2(12), which directed amendment of par. (15) by substituting “subpart III of part A of subchapter XI and section 3027(a)(16) of this title” for “clause (16) of section 3027(a) of this title”, was executed by making the substitution for “paragraph (16) of section 3027(a) of this title” to reflect the probable intent of Congress and amendment by Pub. L. 102–375, § 904(a)(15)(C). See 1992 Amendment note below.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

1992—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(1), (2), inserted “(including information and assistance services)” after “and services” and “, including language translation services to assist older individuals with limited-English speaking ability to obtain services under this subchapter” before semicolon at end.

Subsec. (a)(4)(C). Pub. L. 102–375, § 904(a)(15)(A), substituted “residences of older” for “residences of elderly”.

Subsec. (a)(4)(D). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(3), added subpar. (D).

Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(4), amended par. (6) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (6) read as follows: “services designed to provide legal assistance and other counseling services and assistance, including tax counseling and assistance, financial counseling, and counseling regarding appropriate health and life insurance coverage, to older individuals;”.

Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(5), substituted “physical activity, exercise, music therapy, art therapy, and dance-movement therapy” for “physical activity and exercise”.

Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(6), substituted “, for older individuals, preretirement counseling and assistance in planning for and assessing future post-retirement needs with regard to public and private insurance, public benefits, lifestyle changes, relocation, legal matters, leisure time, and other appropriate matters” for “preretirement and second career counseling for older individuals”.

Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(7), inserted before semicolon at end “, and of older individuals who provide uncompensated care to their adult children with disabilities”.

Subsec. (a)(12). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(8), inserted “and second career” after “including job”.

Subsec. (a)(14). Pub. L. 102–375, § 904(a)(15)(B)(i), substituted “low-income older individuals” for “older, poor individuals 60 years of age or older”.

Subsec. (a)(14)(D). Pub. L. 102–375, § 904(a)(15)(B)(ii), substituted “low-income older individuals” for “the older poor”.

Subsec. (a)(15). Pub. L. 102–375, § 904(a)(15)(C), substituted “paragraph” for “clause”.

Pub. L. 102–375, § 708(b), which directed the substitution of “subpart III of part A of subchapter XI of this chapter and section 3027(a)(16) of this title” for “clause (16) of section 3027(a) of this title” in par. (15) of this section could not be executed because this section does not contain a par. (15).

Subsec. (a)(17). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(9), inserted before semicolon at end “, including information concerning prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of age-related diseases and chronic disabling conditions”.

Subsec. (a)(19) to (22). Pub. L. 102–375, § 312(10)–(12), added pars. (19) to (21) and redesignated former par. (19) as (22).

1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–175, § 146(b), inserted sentence at end defining “client assessment through case management” for purposes of par. (5).

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100–175, § 136(d)(1), inserted “(including mental health)” after “health”.

Subsec. (a)(4)(B). Pub. L. 100–175, § 136(d)(2), substituted “who have physical disabilities” for “suffering from physical disabilities”.

Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 100–175, § 182(m), inserted “for” after “advocate”.

1984—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 98–459, § 312(a)(1), in amending par. (5) generally, substituted “services designed to assist older individuals in avoiding institutionalization and to assist individuals in long-term care institutions who are able to return to their communities, including client assessment through case management and integration and coordination of community services such as” for “services designed to assist older individuals in avoiding institutionalization, including” and “and letter writing services, through resource development and management to assist such individuals to live” for “letter writing services, and other similar services designed to assist such individuals to continue living”.

Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 98–459, § 312(a)(2), substituted “legal assistance” for “legal services” and “, financial counseling, and counseling regarding appropriate health and life insurance coverage” for “and financial counseling”.

Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 98–459, § 312(a)(3), substituted “illnesses” for “illness”.

Subsec. (a)(15) to (19). Pub. L. 98–459, § 312(a)(4)–(6), added pars. (15) to (18) and redesignated former par. (15) as (19).

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 98–459, § 312(b)(1), struck out provision that senior centers had to be community facilities for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services, including provision of health, social, nutritional, and educational services and provision of facilities for recreational activities for older individuals.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 98–459, § 312(b)(2), struck out the comma after “may be used” and substituted “centers and meeting” for “centers, to meet”.

1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–115, § 3(d), substituted “supportive services” for “social services” in provisions preceding par. (1).

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97–115, § 10(a), substituted “education and training” for “continuing education”.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 97–115, § 3(d), substituted “supportive services” for “social services”.

Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 97–115, § 10(b), designated existing provisions as cls. (A) and (B) and added cl. (C).

Subsec. (a)(12) to (15). Pub. L. 97–115, § 10(c), added pars. (12) to (14) and redesignated former par. (12) as (15).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014 (July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3101 of Title 29, Labor.

Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by section 708(b) of Pub. L. 102–375 inapplicable with respect to fiscal year 1993, see section 4(b) of Pub. L. 103–171, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.

Amendment by section 708(b) of Pub. L. 102–375 inapplicable with respect to fiscal year 1992, see section 905(b)(6) of Pub. L. 102–375, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–175 effective Oct. 1, 1987, except not applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under section 3026(a) of this title or any State plan submitted under section 3027(a) of this title and approved for any fiscal year beginning before Nov. 29, 1987, see section 701(a), (b) of Pub. L. 100–175, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–459 effective Oct. 9, 1984, see section 803(a) of Pub. L. 98–459, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective at close of Sept. 30, 1978, see section 504 of Pub. L. 95–478, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title.