Guardianship Grant Flexibility Act

Bill: 118-s-1126
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-30
Policy area: Social Welfare
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Guardianship Grant Flexibility Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows recipients of demonstration grants for preventing and detecting elder abuse to use the grants for state court programs that use clinics supervised by a licensed attorney to recruit and train law students to represent individuals in guardianship cases and serve as guardians ad litem. (Guardians ad litem are court-appointed representatives for individuals who are unable to represent their own interests, typically because they are minors or declared legally incompetent.)</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1126 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 30, 2023 Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Casey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XX of the Social Security Act to expand the activities authorized under adult protective services demonstration grants.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guardianship Grant Flexibility Act . 2. Expanding activities authorized under adult protective services demonstration grants Section 2042(c)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397m–1(c)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking or at the end; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: (F) State court programs for recruiting and training law students through clinics supervised by a licensed attorney to provide representation for respondents in guardianship cases, and to serve as guardians ad litem; or .