Long-Term Care Transparency Act

The Long-Term Care Transparency Act would add a new annual reporting requirement to the Older Americans Act of 1965. Specifically, it directs the Assistant Secretary (likely of the Administration for Community Living within the Department of Health and Human Services) to submit each year a consolidated report on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs. The report must aggregate all annual reports submitted under a prior provision (section 712(h)) for that year and include a summary of the findings from those reports. The goal is to increase transparency and congressional oversight of how state ombudsman programs advocate for residents of long-term care facilities. The bill is titled the Long-Term Care Transparency Act, amends Chapter 2 of subtitle A of title VII of the Older Americans Act to create a new Section 714, and requires annual reporting to several congressional committees (Senate HELP and Senate Special Committee on Aging; House Education and the Workforce).