3.0.0 1744 2023-01-11T13:21:58Z 2023-01-11T13:21:58Z Senate S S 2011-10-20 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-07-12T20:08:59Z Markup by 2012-07-12T20:00:12Z Referred to 2011-10-20T20:11:31Z 2012-07-12 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450. Calendars 2012-07-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 2012-07-12 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-07-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2011-10-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-10-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-10-20 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2012-06-25 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2012-07-12 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-07-19 False Law Aging Criminal justice information and records Disability and paralysis Domestic violence and child abuse Family services Judicial procedure and administration State and local courts Law 00 2011-10-20 Introduced in Senate 2012-09-13T19:01:21Z Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Assistant Secretary of Aging in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to and enter into contracts with states and other specified public and private recipients for: (1) assessing the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, and accessibility of adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings; (2) implementing necessary changes as a result of the assessments; and (3) collecting necessary data regarding those proceedings and the impact of the necessary changes.

Requires the Assistant Secretary of Aging to make grants to enable the highest court of a state to: (1) conduct its own assessments of the role, responsibilities, and effectiveness of state courts in carrying out state laws requiring proceedings with respect to guardianship and conservatorship; and (2) implement necessary changes in light of them.

Directs the Attorney General to establish a pilot program to identify efficient, effective, and economical procedures for state courts to conduct background checks on prospective guardians and conservators.

Authorizes the State Justice Institute to award grants to eligible highest state courts to assist in improving conservator monitoring efforts through electronic filing.

]]> 01 2012-07-12 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2012-09-13T19:02:15Z Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Assistant Secretary of Aging in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to and enter into contracts with states and other specified public and private recipients for: (1) assessing the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, integrity, and accessibility of adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings; and (2) implementing necessary changes as a result of the assessments.

Requires the Assistant Secretary to submit to the State Justice Institute recommendations for the awarding of such grants and contracts.

Authorizes the award of grants to enable the highest court of each state to: (1) conduct assessments used with respect to a full, limited, or temporary adult guardianship or conservatorship; (2) implement necessary changes in light of them; and (3) collect necessary data regarding those proceedings and the impact of the necessary changes.

Requires the Assistant Secretary to set aside 25% of amounts made available for grants in each fiscal year to enable courts to implement or improve systems to conduct background checks on prospective guardians and conservators.

]]> Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act Display Title Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide funding for State courts to assess and improve the handling of proceedings relating to adult guardianship and conservatorship, to authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program for the conduct of background checks on individuals to be appointed as guardians or conservators, and to promote the widespread adoption of information technology to better monitor, report, and audit conservatorships of protected persons. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2012-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1744rs/xml/BILLS-112s1744rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-10-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1744is/xml/BILLS-112s1744is.xml 2012-07-12 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.