Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act (ABC Act)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-02-20 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a credit for adult child caregivers.: cross-connection with adult-child-caregiver-tax-credit: Both proposals target financial and administrative burdens on family caregivers, one via a tax credit and the other via reducing federal/state administrative barriers. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-04-01 — ABC Act: cross-connection with ssa-disability-listings: ABC Act directs SSA to review and streamline administrative processes for family caregivers interacting with Social Security programs, touching SSA claim/adjudication workflows that overlap with disability determination administration. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-03-31 — ABC Act: 2025 — ABC Act (HR2491, introduced, referred to Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means): would require CMS and SSA to review and streamline eligibility, application, forms, and communications processes across Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and Social Security to reduce duplicative paperwork for family caregivers, and directs CMS to encourage parallel state reviews. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)