Sec. 5. National adult protective services resource center
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Section 201 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3011 ), as amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Assistant Secretary shall, by grant or contract with a national nonprofit entity, establish a National Adult Protective Services Resource Center (referred 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, including 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.
The nonprofit entity awarded a grant or contract under this subsection shall have expertise in, and representation by, State and local adult protective services programs. The Center shall— collect and disseminate information regarding, and increase public awareness of, the role of adult protective services programs in investigating the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), and exploitation 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; develop, distribute, and provide training and technical assistance for adult protective services program investigators and supervisors investigating the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), and exploitation of vulnerable adults, including home care consumers and residents of long-term care facilities, and intervening to protect the consumers and residents from further abuse; develop, distribute, and provide training to home care and long-term care professionals and others on recognizing, reporting (including regarding mandatory reporting requirements), and responding to the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, including home care consumers and residents of long-term care facilities; compile and disseminate reports on research and best practices for adult protective services programs and other programs on effective responses to the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), and exploitation of vulnerable adults, including home care consumers and residents of long-term care facilities; work with the National Ombudsman Resource Center and long-term care ombudsman programs to develop and disseminate training, practice standards, and policies regarding— the roles and responsibilities of adult protective services and ombudsman programs; confidentiality and abuse reporting issues and protocols; and effective ways to maximize the resources of adult protective services programs for the benefit of home care consumers and residents of long-term care facilities; and establish a data system to collect information on the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), and exploitation of home care consumers and residents of long-term care facilities and to measure the effectiveness of the activities carried out by the Center.
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act , the Director shall— collect and analyze, from leading national and State experts, the best practices related to screening for elder abuse; publish a report that describes recommendations regarding such best practices and disseminate such report to all grantees under programs established under this Act and described under this section; and submit to Congress such report and a description of the dissemination activities under subparagraph (B).
In this subsection, the term home care consumer means a person who receives services in the person's home or community to promote independence and reduce the necessity for residence in a long-term care facility, which may include home care services provided through this Act, the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ), the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ), or another public or private funding source. .
Section 216 of the Older Americans Act is amended by adding at the end the following: There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 201(h) (relating to the National Adult Protective Services Resource Center), such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. .
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