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 PUBLIC LAW 109–365—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2531

term support, including selecting, budgeting for, and purchasing home and community-based long-term care and supportive services; ‘‘(5) provide for the Administration to play a lead role with respect to issues concerning home and community-based long-term care, including— ‘‘(A) directing (as the Secretary or the President determines to be appropriate) or otherwise participating in departmental and interdepartmental activities concerning long-term care; ‘‘(B) reviewing and commenting on departmental rules, regulations, and policies related to providing long-term care; and ‘‘(C) making recommendations to the Secretary with respect to home and community-based long-term care, including recommendations based on findings made through projects conducted under paragraph (2); ‘‘(6) promote, in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies— ‘‘(A) enhanced awareness by the public of the importance of planning in advance for long-term care; and ‘‘(B) the availability of information and resources to assist in such planning; ‘‘(7) ensure access to, and the dissemination of, information about all long-term care options and service providers, including the availability of integrated long-term care; ‘‘(8) implement in all States Aging and Disability Resource Centers— ‘‘(A) to serve as visible and trusted sources of information on the full range of long-term care options, including both institutional and home and community-based care, which are available in the community; ‘‘(B) to provide personalized and consumer-friendly assistance to empower individuals to make informed decisions about their care options; ‘‘(C) to provide coordinated and streamlined access to all publicly supported long-term care options so that consumers can obtain the care they need through a single intake, assessment, and eligibility determination process; ‘‘(D) to help individuals to plan ahead for their future long-term care needs; and ‘‘(E) to assist (in coordination with the entities carrying out the health insurance information, counseling, and assistance program (receiving funding under section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–4)) in the States) beneficiaries, and prospective beneficiaries, under the Medicare program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) in understanding and accessing prescription drug and preventative health benefits under the provisions of, and amendments made by, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; ‘‘(9) establish, either directly or through grants or contracts, national technical assistance programs to assist State agencies, area agencies on aging, and community-based service providers funded under this Act in implementing—

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