3.0.0 3621 2020-02-10T17:00:05Z 2020-02-10T17:00:05Z Senate S S 2012-09-21 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-09-22T03:54:39Z 2012-09-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N Social Welfare Aging Crime victims Financial literacy Fraud offenses and financial crimes Lawyers and legal services Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Social Welfare 00 2012-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2012-11-06T21:52:42Z Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA) to include financial counseling and legal assistance, particularly with regard to powers of attorney and the duties of agents or attorneys under a power of attorney, and of fiduciaries, among the services provided by Aging and Disability Resource Centers.

Makes it a duty of the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Aging to coordinate with other federal agencies any activities and research related to the economic security and financial exploitation of older individuals and to use them to make available to states and local organizations resources, technical assistance, and information to carry out the State Seniors' Financial Bills of Rights, as well as certain other activities.

Requires the state OAA plan to include an assurance that the state will establish a State Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights meeting specified criteria.

]]> Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights Act Short Titles as Introduced Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights Act Display Title Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for a Seniors' Financial Bill of Rights, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3621is/xml/BILLS-112s3621is.xml 2012-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.