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H.R. 4498

Live Long and Prosper Act of 2000

Live Long and Prosper Act of 2000 - Title I: Tax Incentives to Enhance Long-Term Care - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a: (1) deduction for qualifying long-term care insurance costs of a taxpayer and his or her spouse and children; and (2) personal exemption for certain elderly family members with long-term care needs residing in a taxpayer's home.

Title II: National Summit on Long-Term Care - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to direct the President to convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care.

Title III: Federal Outreach Efforts to Promote Long-Term Care - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Labor to: (1) maintain an outreach program to promote financing and purchase of long-term care insurance by the American workforce; (2) establish a long-term care insurance Internet site.

Authorizes appropriations for additional State outreach to seniors.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide outreach on long-term care issues, including establishment of an Internet site.

Amends the Social Security Act to require social security account statements to provide information relating to medicare, medicaid, and long-term care.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13](R-IL)Sponsor
11 cosponsors1 D10 R
11cosponsors4committees12actions55subjects
  1. CommitteeH11000

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
  2. CommitteeH11000

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

    Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeH11000

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeH11000

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Health Subcommittee
  5. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Financial Services Committee
  6. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  7. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Education and Workforce Committee
  8. IntroReferralH11100-A

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  9. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Commerce, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Ways and Means Committee
  10. IntroReferralB00100

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3400)

  11. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  12. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House