Robert Matava Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2015
A BILL
To better protect, serve, and advance the rights of victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation by encouraging States and other qualified entities to hold offenders accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice system to investigate, pursue, and prosecute elder abuse cases, identify existing resources to leverage to the extent possible, and assure data collection, research, and evaluation to promote the efficacy and efficiency of the activities described in this Act.
Sec. 2 Definitions
In this Act—
the terms abuse, elder, elder justice, exploitation, and neglect have the meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j);
the term adult protective services—
means such services provided to adults as specified in Federal, State, or local law pertaining to adult protective services; and
includes services such as—
receiving reports of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation;
investigating the reports described in clause (i);
case planning, monitoring, evaluation, and other case work and services; and
providing, arranging for, or facilitating the provision of medical, social service, economic, legal, housing, law enforcement, or other protective emergency, or support services;
the term elder abuse includes neglect and exploitation;
the term State means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory of possession of the United States; and
the term task force means a multidisciplinary task force on elder justice established or designated under section 202(a)(2)(A)(ii).