‘‘(4) ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.—The term 
‘adult protective services’ means such services pro-
vided to adults as the Secretary may specify and in-
cludes services such as— 
‘‘(A) receiving reports of adult abuse, ne-
glect, or exploitation; 
‘‘(B) investigating the reports described in 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) case planning, monitoring, evaluation, 
and other case work and services; and 
‘‘(D) providing, arranging for, or facili-
tating the provision of medical, social service, 
economic, legal, housing, law enforcement, or 
other protective, emergency, or support serv-
ices.’’; 
(4) by amending paragraph (18), as so redesig-
nated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(18) ELDER JUSTICE.—The term ‘elder jus-
tice’ means— 
‘‘(A) from a societal perspective, efforts 
to— 
‘‘(i) prevent, detect, treat, intervene 
in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and 
exploitation; and 
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‘‘(ii) protect older individuals with di-
minished capacity while maximizing their 
autonomy; and 
‘‘(B) from an individual perspective, the 
recognition of an older individual’s rights, in-
cluding the right to be free of abuse, neglect, 
and exploitation.’’; 
(5) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘The term ‘exploitation’ means’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The terms ‘exploitation’ and ‘financial exploi-
tation’ mean’’; 
(6) in paragraph (25), as so redesignated— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) abuse, neglect (including self-ne-
glect), financial exploitation, including factors 
that are the basis of a referral to adult protec-
tive services.’’; 
(7) in paragraph (29)(C), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘, including opportunities for work and 
volunteer service in the community’’ after ‘‘avail-
able’’; 
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(8) in paragraph (30), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘information and referral’’ and inserting 
‘‘information and referral assistance’’; and 
(9) in paragraph (37), as so redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘(including elder abuse and neglect screen-
ing)’’ after ‘‘educational services’’. 
SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF ELDER JUSTICE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 201 of the Older Amer-
icans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3011) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) The Assistant Secretary is authorized to use 
funds appropriated to carry out this Act to implement ac-
tivities authorized under part I of subtitle B of title XX 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397k et seq.), in-
cluding the establishment of the Advisory Board on Elder 
Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation and the continuation of 
the work of the Elder Justice Coordinating Council.’’. 
(b) ASSURANCE
OF APPROPRIATE TRAINING
FOR 
STAFF.—Section 202 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3012) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(g) The Assistant Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure, where appropriate, that all pro-
grams funded under this Act include appropriate 
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training in prevention and provision of services that 
address elder justice and exploitation; and 
‘‘(2) periodically update the need for and ben-
efit of such training related to prevention of abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation of older adults.’’. 
(c) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES.—Sec-
tion 202(a)(21) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3012(a)(21)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(21)(A) establish information and assistance serv-
ices as priority services for older individuals, and ensure 
that quality information and assistance services are con-
sistently provided to older individuals; 
‘‘(B) ensure that there is full collaboration between 
all governmental information and assistance systems that 
serve older individuals, whether specialized, crisis interven-
tion, disaster assistance, or others; and 
‘‘(C) develop and operate, either directly or through 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, a National 
Eldercare Locator Service, providing information and as-
sistance services through a nationwide toll free number to 
identify community resources for older individuals;’’. 
(d) INTEGRATION OF TITLES.—Section 701 of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Assistant Sec-
retary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall ensure 
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there be full integration of education and public awareness 
activities under this title with all service programs under 
title III with special emphasis on the nutrition programs, 
legal services, information and referral assistance activi-
ties, the work of aging and disability resource centers, and 
the long-term care ombudsman programs, including pro-
grams carried out under title VI.’’. 
SEC. 4. COORDINATION OF NATIONAL ADULT PROTECTIVE 
SERVICES RESOURCE CENTER WITH ELDER 
ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION PREVENTION. 
Subsection (e)(2) of section 201 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3011) is amended in the mat-
ter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, and in co-
ordination with State Directors of the Adult Protective 
Services Programs and State Directors of the Office of 
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs’’ after ‘‘and serv-
ices’’. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES RE-
SOURCE CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3011), as amended by section 
3, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) The Assistant Secretary shall, by grant or 
contract with a national nonprofit entity, establish a Na-
tional Adult Protective Services Resource Center (referred 
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to in this subsection as the ‘Center’). The purposes of the 
Center are to improve the capacity of State and local adult 
protective services programs to respond effectively to 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults, in-
cluding home care consumers and residents of long-term 
care facilities, and to coordinate with the Long-Term Care 
Ombudsman Program to protect home care consumers 
and residents most effectively. 
‘‘(2) The nonprofit entity awarded a grant or con-
tract under this subsection shall have expertise in, and 
representation by, State and local adult protective services 
programs. 
‘‘(3) The Center shall— 
‘‘(A) collect and disseminate information re-
garding, and increase public awareness of, the role 
of adult protective services programs in investigating 
the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), and ex-
ploitation of vulnerable adults, including home care 
consumers and residents of long-term care facilities, 
and in intervening to protect the consumers and 
residents from abuse; 
‘‘(B) develop, distribute, and provide training 
and technical assistance for adult protective services 
program investigators and supervisors investigating 
the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), and ex-
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