Sec. 208. Advisory Committee to Assess, Coordinate, and Improve Legal Assistance Activities
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Title II of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended— by redesignating section 216 ( 42 U.S.C. 3020f ) as section 217; and by inserting after section 215 ( 42 U.S.C. 3020e–1 ) the following: There is established an Advisory Committee to Assess, Coordinate, and Improve Legal Assistance Activities (referred to in this section as the Committee ). The Assistant Secretary shall appoint members to the Committee and determine the activities of the Committee (which shall include the study and report described in subsection (c)).
The Committee shall conduct a study on the legal services activities assistance system for older individuals. Not later than 1 year after the date of the establishment of the Committee, the Committee shall submit to the President, Congress, and the Assistant Secretary a report that contains a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of such study, including the Committee’s recommendations improving the legal services activities assistance system for older individuals.
Not later than 180 days after receiving the report described in subsection (c), the Assistant Secretary shall issue regulations or guidance taking into consideration the recommendations of the Committee. In this subsection, the term legal assistance activities includes— legal assistance made available to older individuals with greatest economic need or with greatest social need; activities of the National Legal Resource Center carried out under section 420(a); State legal assistance developer activities carried out under section 731; and any other directly related activity or program as determined appropriate by the Assistant Secretary. .
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Advisory Committee to Assess, Coordinate, and Improve Legal Assistance Activities
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