Sec. 2. Adult protective services; definitions
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Section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3002 ) is amended— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: The term abuse means the knowing infliction of physical or psychological harm or the knowing deprivation of goods or services that are necessary to meet essential needs or to avoid physical or psychological harm. ; by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through
(54)as paragraphs
(5)through (55); by inserting after paragraph (3), the following: The term adult protective services means such services provided to adults as the Secretary may specify and includes services such as— receiving reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation; investigating the reports described in subparagraph (A); case planning, monitoring, evaluation, and other case work and services; and providing, arranging for, or facilitating the provision of medical, social service, economic, legal, housing, law enforcement, or other protective, emergency, or support services. ; by amending paragraph (18), as so redesignated, to read as follows: The term elder justice means— from a societal perspective, efforts to— prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and protect older individuals with diminished capacity while maximizing their autonomy; and from an individual perspective, the recognition of an older individual's rights, including the right to be free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. ; in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by striking The term and inserting exploitation means The terms ; exploitation and financial exploitation mean in paragraph (25), as so redesignated— in subparagraph (B), by striking and ; in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), financial exploitation, including factors that are the basis of a referral to adult protective services. ; in paragraph (29)(C), as so redesignated, by inserting , including opportunities for work and volunteer service in the community after available ; in paragraph (30), as so redesignated, by striking information and referral and inserting information and referral assistance ; and in paragraph (37), as so redesignated, by inserting (including elder abuse and neglect screening) after educational services .
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