Sec. 4. Data collection
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The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall, on an annual basis— collect from Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutor offices statistical data relating to the incidence of elder abuse, including data relating to— the number of elder abuse cases referred to law enforcement agencies, adult protective services, or any other State entity tasked with addressing elder abuse; the number and types of such cases filed in Federal, State, and local courts; and the outcomes of the cases described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)and the reasons for such outcomes; identify common data points among Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutor offices that would allow for the collection of uniform national data related to elder abuse; publish a summary of the data collected under paragraphs
(1)and
(2); identify— the types of data relevant to elder abuse that should be collected; and what entity is most capable of collecting the data described in subparagraph
(A); and develop recommendations for collecting additional data relating to elder abuse.