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34 U.S.C. § 21741Training and technical assistance for States

submitted 9 years ago by Pub. L. 115-70 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 107 words · no verdicts yet

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The Attorney General must give states training and technical help on elder abuse. This covers investigating and preventing physical, sexual, and financial abuse, plus neglect. It also covers helping victims cope with the trauma they suffered.

The Attorney General, working with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and coordinating with the Elder Justice Coordinating Council, must create, gather, evaluate, and share materials and information. The Attorney General must also give states and local governments the training and technical assistance they need to help them with two things: (1) Investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, preventing, understanding, and reducing the harm from (A) physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of elders; (B) exploitation of elders, including financial abuse and scams that target elders; and (C) neglect of elders; and (2) Assessing, addressing, and reducing the physical and psychological trauma suffered by victims of elder abuse.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and in coordination with the Elder Justice Coordinating Council (established under section 1397k of title 42), shall create, compile, evaluate, and disseminate materials and information, and provide the necessary training and technical assistance, to assist States and units of local government in—

(1)

investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, preventing, understanding, and mitigating the impact of—

(A)

physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of elders;

(B)

exploitation of elders, including financial abuse and scams targeting elders; and

(C)

neglect of elders; and

(2)

assessing, addressing, and mitigating the physical and psychological trauma to victims of elder abuse.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 115–70, title IV, § 403, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1214.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2017Enacted · Pub. L. 115-70 · 131 Stat. 1214

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 115-70 on 2017-10-18.

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