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- Senate Introduced Mar 12, 2007
- Senate Passed Aug 1, 2007
- House Passed Apr 8, 2008
- President To the President Apr 14, 2008
- President Signed Apr 23, 2008
- Law Apr 23, 2008
Safety of Seniors Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) oversee and support a national education campaign focusing on reducing falls among older adults and preventing repeat falls; and (2) award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to design and carry out local education…
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Apr 23, 2008
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on August 1, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Safety of Seniors Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) oversee and support a national education campaign focusing on reducing falls among older adults and preventing repeat falls; and (2) award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to design and carry out local education campaigns.
Allows the Secretary to conduct and support research to: (1) improve the identification of older adults who have a high risk of falling; (2) improve data collection and analysis to identify fall risk and protective factors; (3) design, implement, and evaluate the most effective fall prevention interventions; (4) tailor effective strategies to reduce falls to specific populations of older adults; (5) maximize the dissemination of proven, effective fall prevention interventions; (6) improve the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of elderly fall victims and older adults at high risk for falls; and (7) assess the risks of falls occurring in various settings.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct research concerning the barriers to the adoption of proven fall prevention interventions; (2) conduct research to develop, implement, and evaluate the most effective approaches to reduce falls among high-risk older adults living in communities and long-term care and assisted living facilities; (3) evaluate the effectiveness of community programs; (4) provide professional education for physicians and allied health professionals in fall prevention; (5) oversee and support specified demonstration and research projects; (6) award grants to design, implement, and evaluate fall prevention programs using proven intervention strategies and carry out a multistate demonstration project; (7) give priority in awarding grants under this Act to entities that explore the use of cost-sharing to ensure the institutional commitment of the recipients of such assistance to the funded projects; and (8) report to Congress on the effects of falls on health care costs, the potential for reducing falls, and the most effective strategies for reducing associated health care costs.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Safety of Seniors Act of 2007
Also known as: Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls Act of 2007
Latest action (Apr 23, 2008): Became Public Law No: 110-202.
Policy area: Social Welfare · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 12, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Mar 12, 2007
- Senate Passed Aug 1, 2007
- House Passed Apr 8, 2008
- President To the President Apr 14, 2008
- President Signed Apr 23, 2008
- Law Apr 23, 2008
No recorded floor vote found.