Table 1.

Supplemental Information on Caregiving Policies

Policy (Year Enacted)	Information
	Federal
National Family Caregiver Support Program (2000)	The five core services include information services, access assistance, respite care, counseling, and training.
Medicare (1982)
Medicare Hospice Benefits (2019)	Families can qualify to receive medical equipment, homemaker services, short-term respite care, and grief and loss counseling.
Part A and Terminally Ill	Families can establish a care plan with a hospice provider who then delivers the needed assistance for individuals to remain at home with their families.
Coverage for Telehealth (2018)	CMS expanded Medicare reimbursement for some services to include patient- and caregiver-centered health risk assessments, advance care planning, and chronic care management to be delivered by telehealth.
Home Health Provisions (2018)	CMS implemented a new final rule for home health agencies to meet to be reimbursed by Medicare. The rule includes including, assessing, and educating caregivers of home health beneficiaries.
	State
Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable Acta	40 states
Family and Medical Leave Act expansionsb
Lower employer size	8 states
Definition expansion	14 states
Flexible sick leave	16 states
Caregiver tax credit	1 state, 10 other states considering a bill as of 2019

Note. Sources include National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2016) and Aufill et al. (2019). CMS = Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

^aPolicy sponsored by AARP.

^bPolicy drafted by national partnership.