S. 4736Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Multigenerational Care and Support Act

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The Multigenerational Care and Support Act amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to create more opportunities for seniors to volunteer and mentor younger people. It expands the types of projects that can receive support to include activities that bring together older and younger generations, and it updates related grant and program rules.

Key Provisions

Allows demonstration, support, and research projects to focus on multigenerational activities that serve both older adults and younger generations.
Adds specific mentorship opportunities for older individuals to mentor younger people and to volunteer at facilities where multigenerational activities occur.
Reorganizes and renumbers certain subsections of the Act, removing an outdated paragraph and redesignating others.
Changes grant language so the first grant is awarded after the act’s enactment, rather than tied to a previous law.
Shifts oversight of the program to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the House Education and Workforce Committee.
Expands eligible programs to include family support programs or programs at multipurpose senior centers, long‑term care facilities, or other residential facilities for older adults.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

June 10, 2026

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

June 10, 2026

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Introduced in SenateIssued June 10, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 4736

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 10, 2026

Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide additional opportunities for older individuals to volunteer at facilities that serve older individuals or individuals in younger generations, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Multigenerational Care and Support Act.

Demonstration, support, and research projects for multigenerational and civic engagement activities

Section 417 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032f) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking projects, and all that follows through to— and inserting the following: projects to serve individuals in younger generations and older individuals by developing, carrying out, and promoting participation in multigenerational activities to—;

(B)

in paragraph (2), by adding and at the end;

(C)

in paragraph (3), by striking opportunities for older individuals to become a mentor to individuals in younger generations; and and inserting “opportunities—

(A)

for older individuals to become mentors to individuals in younger generations; and

(B)

at facilities that serve older individuals or individuals in younger generations, at which multigenerational activities might occur.

; and

(D)

by striking paragraph (4);

(2)

in subsection (c)(2), by striking (4) and inserting (3);

(3)

in subsection (d)—

(A)

by striking paragraph (1); and

(B)

by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively;

(4)

in subsection (g)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking of enactment of the Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020, and inserting on which the first grant is awarded under this section following the date of enactment of the Multigenerational Care and Support Act,; and

(B)

in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate and inserting the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives; and

(5)

in subsection (h)(1), by striking or a family support program. and inserting or a family support program, or a program at a multipurpose senior center, long-term care facility, or any other residential facility for older individuals..