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Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act

S. 3270 · 114th Congress · Jul 14, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

To prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system's response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

In this Act—
(1)
the terms abuse, elder justice, exploitation, law enforcement, and neglect have the meanings given those terms in section 2011 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j);
(2)
the term adult protective services—
(A)
means such services provided to adults as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and
(B)
includes services such as—
(i)
receiving reports of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation;
(ii)
investigating the reports described in clause (i);
(iii)
case planning, monitoring, evaluation, and other case work and services; and
(iv)
providing, arranging for, or facilitating the provision of medical, social service, economic, legal, housing, law enforcement, or other protective emergency, or support services;
(3)
the term elder means an individual who is 60 years of age or older;
(4)
the term elder abuse includes abuse, neglect, and exploitation of an elder; and
(5)
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 or possession of the United States.