§ 3057b.
Findings
The Congress finds that the older individuals who are Indians of the United States—
(1)
are a rapidly increasing population;
(2)
suffer from high unemployment;
(3)
live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 percent;
(4)
have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the general population;
(5)
lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities;
(6)
lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging;
(7)
frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing;
(8)
receive less than adequate health care;
(9)
are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 percent of the total national population of older individuals who are Indians living on Indian reservations; and
(10)
are served under subchapter III at a rate of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that subchapter.
([Pub. L. 89–73, title VI, § 611], as added [Pub. L. 100–175, title I, § 171], Nov. 29, 1987, [101 Stat. 959]; amended [Pub. L. 102–375, title IX, § 904(a)(21)], Sept. 30, 1992, [106 Stat. 1309]; [Pub. L. 116–131, title VII, § 701(10)], Mar. 25, 2020, [134 Stat. 271].)