Federal Legislative & Policy Resources

Federal Legislation
http://thomas.loc.gov/
THOMAS provides a searchable database for all bills introduced in Congress from 1973 through the present.

Administration on Aging, U.S. Department on Health and Human Services
http://www.aoa.gov/
The Older Americans Act of 1965 established the Administration on Aging (AoA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is headed by the Assistant Secretary for Aging in the Department.

Older Americans Act of 2000
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch35.html

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/adea.html
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older from employment discrimination based on age.

Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.ada.gov

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.gov/
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs, two national health care programs that benefit about 75 million Americans.

Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov/
The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare

California State Legislative & Policy Resources   

To search for California Legislation, please click here

Official California Legislative Information
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
This website is maintained by the Legislative Counsel of California and contains information on all California bills and California law.

Legislative Analyst’s Office
http://www.lao.ca.gov/
The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) of California provides fiscal and policy advice to the Legislature.

California State Assembly
http://www.assembly.ca.gov

California State Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/newcomframeset.asp?committee=163

California State Senate
http://www.sen.ca.gov

Governor
http://www.governor.ca.gov/

California Commission on Aging
http://www.calaging.org/history/history.html
The Commission serves as the principal advocate in the state on behalf of older individuals, including, but not limited to, advisory participation in the consideration of all legislation and regulations made by state and federal departments and agencies relating to programs and services that affect older individuals. As such it is the principal advisory body to the Governor, State Legislature, and State, Federal and local departments and agencies on issues affecting older individuals;

California Code of Regulations
http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/
The California Code of Regulations (CCR) website contains the text of the regulations that have been formally adopted by state agencies, reviewed and approved by the Office of Administrative Law, and filed with the Secretary of State.

California Policy Research Center - University of California
http://www.ucop.edu/cprc/

USC Law School Legal Resources
http://hal-law.usc.edu/library/california/ca.html