Sec. 102. Data collection
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The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall, on an annual basis— 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; 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 or any other State entity tasked with addressing elder abuse; the number and types of cases filed in Federal, State, and local courts; and the outcomes of the cases described in subparagraphs
(A)and (B); 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, including recommendations for ways to improve data reporting across Federal, State, and local agencies so that direct service providers can more easily meet data reporting requirements. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on an annual basis, provide to the Attorney General, statistical data collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to the number of elder abuse cases referred to adult protective services, which shall be included in the summary published under subsection (a)(3). None of the information reported under this section shall include specific individual identifiable data.