YourVoice.Now Summary
Average Household ImpactTransparency & AccountabilityA new federal committee would write a national falls-prevention plan and pitch a Medicare pilot for home safety fixes.
Average Household Impact
- Falls prevention coordination — A national plan and standing advisory committee created for older adults
- Medicare home-modification pilot — Committee must recommend one covering at least 20,000 beneficiaries
Transparency & Accountability
- Reporting requirements — Assistant Secretary must report to Congress within a year and every 4 years after
- Program evaluation — All federally funded falls prevention efforts assessed, including budget requests
- Agency data sharing — Federal agencies holding falls data must provide it on request
The details
Federal work on preventing falls among older adults is scattered across more than a dozen agencies. A new Advisory Committee on Falls Prevention would pull it into one place. Representatives from the CDC, Medicare, the VA, HUD, and even the Energy Department's weatherization program would sit alongside 24 outside experts. Those seats include caregivers, researchers, housing specialists, disability service providers, and state falls-prevention coalition leaders. The committee would build a national falls prevention plan and measure every federally funded program against it. Within a year it must send Congress an evaluation and a set of recommendations. One required recommendation covers a Medicare pilot paying for basic home modifications — things like grab bars and better lighting — for at least 20,000 beneficiaries. The Assistant Secretary for Aging then reports to Congress every four years. The committee shuts down after 10 years.
Congressional Summary
Stand Strong Falls Prevention ActThis bill establishes an advisory committee on falls prevention to assess federal efforts to prevent falls and recommend related policies to the Administration on Aging (AOA).The advisory committee must oversee the creation and maintenance of a national plan to address falls prevention, including through the advancement of programs or interventions to prevent falls and reduce the number and severity of fall-related injuries. The committee must also assist the AOA in coordinating falls prevention research and services across federal agencies.The committee must be comprised of members representing specified federal agencies, non-government organizations, and populations (e.g., caregivers and health care providers).Within a specified period, the advisory committee must submit an initial report to the AOA and Congress, including• an evaluation of all federally funded efforts related to falls prevention and recommendations for adjusting these efforts based on their purpose and performance;• a recommendation for developing a Medicare pilot or demonstration program to provide coverage for basic home modifications to reduce falls; and• recommendations for increasing provider use of a fall risk screening, assessment, and intervention tool developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The AOA must submit regular reports to Congress with assessments of U.S. progress in addressing falls prevention, outcomes of the committee’s recommendations, and recommended priority actions. These reports must evaluate the implementation of any Medicare program initiated pursuant to a committee recommendation.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-09-17
- Date Added
- 2026-07-28
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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