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H. C. R. No. 62 As Introduced

As Introduced

130th General Assembly

Regular Session

2013-2014

H. C. R. No. 62

Representative Driehaus

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To urge the Congress of the United States and the President of the United States to pass the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2014.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):

       WHEREAS, Caregiving is an essential element of family life and a vital service for children, the ill, the disabled, and the elderly; and

       WHEREAS, The average Ohioan will be a caregiver for 4.2 years; and

       WHEREAS, Approximately two-thirds of all caregivers in Ohio are women; and

       WHEREAS, Caregivers who take time off from paid work to care for family members are unable to pay into the Social Security Trust Funds and are unfairly penalized in retirement; and

       WHEREAS, The establishment of a caregiver credit would bolster economic prospects of unpaid caregivers and provide them with vital retirement security; and

       WHEREAS, The President and Congress now have the opportunity to support unpaid caregivers by amending the Social Security Act to credit individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives for up to five years of such service; now therefore be it

       RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, on behalf of all citizens of this state, urge the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to pass the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2014, H.R. 5024 of the 113th Congress; and be it further

       RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, each member of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio.