Protect seniors by enabling safer and more resilient homes.

protect seniors by enabling safer and more resilient homes

Markey's legislative package contains provisions to improve the safety and resilience of seniors' housing.

Ahead of Earth Day, Senator Markey Introduces Package of Legislation to Protect and Mobilize All Ages Against Climate Change
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The Survival Aid for Emergencies (SAFE) Through Medicare Act: Requires Medicare to cover 100 percent of the cost of home resiliency equipment - including air conditioners, refrigerators, generators, and solar batteries - for seniors and people with disabilities who are medically at-risk in a climate disaster.

Markey introduced legislation to make Medicare cover home resiliency equipment for at-risk seniors and people with disabilities.

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The Home Modifications for the Climate Crisis Act: Clarifies that Older Americans Act home-modification funding can cover heating, cooling, air quality, and energy-efficiency upgrades so seniors can safely age in place as the climate crisis worsens.

Markey introduced legislation to expand home-modification funding so seniors can make climate-resilient upgrades and age in place safely.

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Campaign page says Markey introduced SAFE Through Medicare and Home Modifications for the Climate Crisis legislation for home resiliency equipment and senior home upgrades.

This identifies the relevant 2026 campaign/reelection context and ties the promise to two bills, not enacted programs.

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Markey announced bills to protect seniors through safer, more resilient homes; SAFE would cover home resiliency services, while Home Modifications would expand Older Americans Act home-modification uses.

Official office record shows a concrete legislative proposal matching the promise, but describes what the bills would do if enacted.

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Ahead of Earth Day, Senator Markey Introduces Package of Legislation to Protect and Mobilize All Ages Against Climate Change
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GovInfo lists S.4358 as introduced by Markey on April 21, 2026 and referred to the Senate Finance Committee.

The SAFE bill had official introduction and referral, but this record does not show passage or enactment by the as-of date.

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GovInfo: S.4358, Survival Aid For Emergencies through Medicare Act
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Bill text would add Medicare coverage for medically necessary home resiliency services such as heat pumps, solar batteries, and cold storage for vulnerable beneficiaries.

The bill directly addresses resilient homes for seniors and disabled Medicare beneficiaries, but bill text alone is not delivery without enactment.

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SAFE Through Medicare Act bill text
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Bill text would allow older-adult home modifications for air-quality improvements, cooling, heating, energy efficiency, and utility or power assistance.

The proposal squarely targets safer and more climate-resilient homes for older individuals, but remains proposed legislation.

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Home Modifications for the Climate Crisis Act bill text
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Congress.gov shows the 2024 Older Americans Act reauthorization passed the Senate, then was held at the House desk on December 11, 2024.

A prior vehicle containing home-modification and weatherization language advanced in the Senate but did not become law in the 118th Congress, so it is effort rather than fulfillment.

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Congress.gov: S.4776, Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024, all information
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