3.0.0 975 2023-01-11T13:23:30Z 2023-01-11T13:23:30Z Senate S S 2013-05-16 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2013-12-19T21:36:41Z Markup by 2013-12-19T15:00:00Z Referred to 2013-05-16T19:44:29Z 2013-12-19 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 277. Calendars 2013-12-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report. Committee 2013-12-19 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-12-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2013-05-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2013-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2013-05-16 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2013-05-23 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2013-12-19 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2014-03-06 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2014-03-27 False Law Aging Crime prevention Crime victims Fraud offenses and financial crimes Judicial procedure and administration Law enforcement administration and funding Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Law 00 2013-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2014-01-31T20:54:06Z Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to the highest courts of states to conduct demonstration programs that: (1) assess adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, including the appointment and the monitoring of the performance of court-appointed guardians and conservators; and (2) implement changes deemed necessary as a result of the assessments, such as requiring background checks for all potential guardians and conservators, and establishing systems that enable electronic filing and review of the annual accountings and other required conservatorship and guardianship filings.

Requires the highest court of a state awarded such a grant to collaborate with the state's own Unit on Aging and its Adult Protective Services agency in conducting the demonstration program.

]]> 01 2013-12-19 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2014-01-31T20:52:18Z Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to the highest courts of states to conduct demonstration programs that: (1) assess adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, including the appointment and the monitoring of the performance of court-appointed guardians and conservators; and (2) implement changes deemed necessary as a result of the assessments, such as requiring background checks for all potential guardians and conservators, and establishing systems that enable electronic filing and review of the annual accountings and other required conservatorship and guardianship filings.

Requires any grants the Secretary awards to the highest state courts for such programs to be based on recommendations of the Attorney General and the State Justice Institute.

Requires the highest court of a state awarded such a grant to collaborate with the state's own Unit on Aging and its Adult Protective Services agency in conducting the demonstration program.

]]> Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act Display Title Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the inclusion of court-appointed guardianship improvement and oversight activities under the Elder Justice Act of 2009. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2013-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s975rs/xml/BILLS-113s975rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s975is/xml/BILLS-113s975is.xml 2013-12-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 277. 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.