3.0.0 333 2023-01-15T22:03:50Z 2023-01-15T22:03:50Z Senate S S 2003-02-10 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2004-09-28T22:30:21Z Markup by 2004-09-20T19:19:04Z Markup by 2004-09-15T19:23:25Z Referred to 2003-02-10T16:19:58Z Elder Justice Act 108 2490 HR 2003-07-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. Identical bill CRS 2004-12-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12047-12048) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-28 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 740. Calendars 2004-09-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 2004-09-28 Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. 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Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2004-09-22 False 2004-09-27T04:00:00Z S. 333, Elder Justice Act of 2004 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/16041 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 20, 2004</p> 2004-09-27T04:00:00Z S. 333, Elder Justice Act of 2004 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16041 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 20, 2004 Social Welfare Administrative fees Administrative procedure Adult education Advice and consent of the Senate Alzheimer's disease Arts Arts, Culture, Religion Assault Attorneys general Bank employees Bank records Caregivers Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Community policing Conduct of court proceedings Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Continuing education Correctional personnel Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Crimes against the elderly Criminal justice information Criminal negligence Criminal statistics Data banks Death Department of Health and Human Services Department of Justice Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Elder abuse Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee selection Employee training Evaluation research (Social action programs) Evidence (Law) Ex-offenders Executive reorganization Families Family violence Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to law enforcement Federal aid to the aged Federal libraries Federal officials Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Fire fighters Forensic medicine Fraud Geriatrics Gerontology Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Group homes Guardian and ward Health Health facilities Higher education Home care services Hospital care Hospital personnel Housing and Community Development Housing for the aged Human engineering Human experimentation in medicine Identification of criminals Income tax Indian medical care Informed consent (Medical law) Injunctions Inspectors general Internet Labor and Employment Larceny Law Legal services Liability (Law) Long-term care Medicaid Medical education Medicare Minorities Nonprofit organizations Nurse practitioners Nurses Nursing Nursing homes Occupational therapy Ombudsman Patients' rights Personnel records Physical therapy Police training Postal service Power of attorney Presidential appointments Prosecution Public prosecutors Public service advertising Quality of care Rating of employees Restrictive trade practices Right of privacy Rural population Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social work Speech disorders State laws Tax credits Taxation Telephone Victims of crimes Vital statistics Volunteer workers Witnesses Social Welfare 00 2003-02-10 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:39Z Outlines provisions with respect to uniform collection, maintenance, and dissemination of national data relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Authorizes the HHS Secretary to award various grants, including grants for: (1) prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) five Centers of Excellence nationwide that shall specialize in research, clinical practice, and training relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (3) six diverse communities to examine various types of elder shelters and to test various models for establishing safe havens; (4) nonprofit organizations and faith-based organizations to encourage such organizations to establish or continue volunteer programs that focus on the issues of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, or that provide related services; and (5) various multidisciplinary elder justice activities.

Provides for: (1) reporting to law enforcement of crimes occurring in Federally-funded long-term care facilities; (2) revising the quality of long-term care; and (3) increasing consumer information about long-term care.

Amends: (1) SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) to establish programs to prevent abuse of skilled nursing facility and nursing facility residents; (2) the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of health care professionals with geriatric training; (3) the Older Americans Act of 1965 with respect to the long-term care ombudsman program; (4) part A (General Provisions) of SSA title XI to establish in HHS the Office of Adult Protective Services; and (5) SSA titles XVIII and XIX to assure safety of residents when nursing facilities close.

Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office of Elder Justice.

Amends the: (1) Federal criminal code to provide for a cause of action for elder abuse and neglect; and (2) Internal Revenue Code to provide for a long-term care facility worker employment tax credit.]]>

01 2004-09-28 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2004-10-14T16:00:15Z John Breaux Elder Justice Act - Title I: Department of Health and Human Services - (Sec. 101) Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXII (Elder Justice) to establish: (1) within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Elder Justice Coordinating Council to make recommendations to the Secretary and Attorney General for the coordination of activities of HHS, the Department of Justice, and other relevant Federal, State, local, and private agencies and entities relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation and other crimes against elders; and (2) the Advisory Board on Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to promulgate guidelines to assist researchers in the area of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation with issues relating to human subject protections.

Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009.

Directs the Secretary to provide for specified incentives for individuals to train for, seek, and maintain employment providing direct care in a long-term care facility.

Authorizes the Secretary to award various grants, including for: (1) assisting long-term care facilities with respect to purchasing, leasing, developing, and implementing standardized clinical health care informatics systems designed to improve patient safety and reduce adverse events and health care complications resulting from medical errors; (2) establishing pilot projects to develop collaborative and innovative approaches to improve the quality of long-term care; (3) establishing multidisciplinary panels to address, and develop consensus on, subjects relating to improving the quality of long-term care; (4) enhancing adult protective services; and (5) conducting demonstration programs that test methods to detect or prevent financial exploitation of elders or elder abuse. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a method for collecting national data regarding elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) develop uniform national data reporting forms adapted to each relevant entity or discipline (such as health, public safety, social and protective services, and law enforcement); (3) ensure that such forms and methods are pilot tested in at least six States; and (4) distribute such forms to specified Federal and State officials. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States to improve data collection activities relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a long-term care consumer clearinghouse to provide comprehensive detailed information to consumers about choices relating to long-term care providers; and (2) study and report to all appropriate congressional committees on consumer concerns relating to residential long-term care facilities other than nursing facilities.

Requires grant applicants to provide information regarding elder justice programs to State or local government agencies, Indian tribes, or any other public or private entities that are engaged in and have expertise in issues relating to elder justice or in a field necessary to promote elder justice efforts (eligible entities) conducting evaluations of activities funded under such programs.

Requires each individual who is an owner, operator, employee, manager, agent, or contractor of a long-term care facility that received at least $10,000 in Federal funds during the preceding year to report to the Secretary and one or more local law enforcement entities any reasonable suspicion of crimes against any person residing in or receiving care from the facility. Prescribes civil penalties for failure to meet such requirement. Prohibits such a facility from retaliating against an employee for filing a complaint or report or performing other lawful acts.

Requires a facility owner or operator to notify the Secretary and appropriate State regulatory agency of an impending closure, together with a plan for the transfer and adequate relocation of facility residents.

Title II: Department of Justice - (Sec. 201) Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to eligible entities to: (1) study the special needs of victims of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) provide training, technical assistance, policy development, multidisciplinary coordination, and other types of support to State and local prosecutors handling elder justice-related cases, as well as to law enforcement responders; and (3) establish and operate stationary and mobile forensic centers to develop forensic expertise regarding, and provide services relating to, elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009.

(Sec. 203) Directs the Attorney General to hire additional Federal prosecutors, and make funding available to them to enter into contracts with nurse investigators or other experts needed to identify, assist with, or pursue cases related to elder justice.

(Sec. 206) Requires the Attorney General to analyze State laws and practices relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation and recommend models for them to Congress.

(Sec. 207) Directs the Attorney General to assist eligible entities to evaluate activities funded under each program carried out under this title.

Requires an applicant for assistance under this title to agree to provide necessary information to the eligible entity conducting an evaluation. Requires a recipient of assistance to use the funds made available to conduct a validated evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities.

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