# 119-hr-6728: Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2025

119-hr-6728, Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6728
- Congress: 119
- Title: Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Social Welfare
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would build a network of real-time linkages between health care, social services, and legal aid for vulnerable older adults.** It promotes medical-legal partnerships and legal hotlines to help clinicians and social workers address social drivers of poor health and structural inequities.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More legal help for seniors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the HHS Secretary to set up a grant program within two years to fund state projects that link health, social, and legal services for vulnerable older adults. The program would fund medical-legal partnerships and legal hotlines in places like area agencies on aging…
- Adult Protective Services can use legal teams: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would amend Adult Protective Services to expressly allow those activities to be carried out through medical-legal partnerships. The bill would define a medical-legal partnership as placing lawyers and social workers inside health or social service settings to address social dri…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6728 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6728)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6728 (as of 2026-04-21).