DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

SEC. 406. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. Section 422 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3035a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking “preventive health service programs” and inserting “disease prevention and health promotion programs (including coordinated multidisciplinary research projects on the aging process)”; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (8) by striking “and” at the end; (B) in paragraph (9) by striking “include” and all that follows and inserting the following: “include projects furnishing multigenerational services by older individuals addressing the needs of children, such as— “(A) tutorial services in elementary and special schools; “(B) after school programs for latchkey children; and “(C) voluntary services for child care and youth day care programs;”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(10) meet the service needs of older individuals who provide uncompensated care to their adult children with disabilities, for supportive services relating to such care, including— “(A) respite services; and “(B) legal advice, information, and referral services to assist such older individuals with permanency planning for such children; “(11) advance the understanding of the efficacy and benefits of providing music therapy, art therapy, or dance-movement therapy to older individuals through— “(A) projects that— “(i) study and demonstrate the provision of music therapy, art therapy, or dance-movement therapy to older individuals who are institutionalized or at risk of being institutionalized; and “(ii) provide music therapy, art therapy, or dance movement therapy— “(I) in nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, hospices, or senior centers; “(II) through disease prevention and health promotion services programs established under part F of title III; “(III) through in-home services programs established under part D of title III; 106 STAT. 1246 “(IV) through multigenerational activities described in section 307(a)(41)(B) or subpart 3 of part C of title III; “(V) through supportive services described in section 321(a)(21); or “(VI) through disease prevention and health promotion services described in section 363(5); and “(B) education, training, and information dissemination projects, including— “(i) projects for the provision of gerontological training to music therapists, and education and training of individuals in the aging network regarding the efficacy and benefits of music therapy for older individuals; and “(ii) projects for disseminating to the aging network and to music therapists background materials on music therapy, best practice manuals, and other information on providing music therapy to older individuals; and “(12) (A) establish, in accordance with subparagraph (B), nationwide, statewide, regional, metropolitan area, county, city, or community model volunteer service credit projects to demonstrate methods to improve or expand supportive services or nutrition services, or otherwise promote the well-being of older individuals; “(B) for purposes of paying part or all of the cost of developing or operating the projects, in the fiscal year, make not fewer than three and not more than five grants to, or contracts with, public agencies or nonprofit private organizations in such State; and “(C) ensure that the projects will be operated in consultation with the ACTION Agency and will permit older individuals who are volunteers to earn, for services furnished, credits that may be redeemed later for similar volunteer services.”; and (3) in subsection (d)(2)— (A) by inserting “(A)” after the paragraph designation; and (B) by adding at the end the following: “(B) An agency or organization that receives a grant or enters into a contract to carry out a project described in subparagraph (A) or (B)(i) of subsection (b)(11) shall submit to the Commissioner a report containing— “(i) the results, and findings based on the results, of such project; and “(ii) the recommendations of the agency or organization, if the agency or organization provided music therapy, regarding means by which music therapy could be made available, in an efficient and effective manner, to older individuals who would benefit from the therapy.”.