Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 217 — Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution
§ 21741. Training and technical assistance for States
Statutory text
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—
investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, preventing, understanding, and mitigating the impact of—
physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of elders;
exploitation of elders, including financial abuse and scams targeting elders; and
neglect of elders; and
assessing, addressing, and mitigating the physical and psychological trauma to victims of elder abuse.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Robert Matava Elder Abuse Prosecution Act of 2017
Pub. L. 115–70 title IV § 403 · 131 Stat. 1208
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 21741
(Pub. L. 115–70, title IV, § 403, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1214.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 115–70, title IV, § 403, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1214.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 403. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATES. The Consultation. Coordination. Evaluation. Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and in coordination with the Elder Justice Coordinating Council (established under section 2021 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397k)), 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.
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