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 PUBLIC LAW 109–365—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2527

‘‘(B) includes items or services described in subparagraph (A) that are provided under a public or private managed care plan or through any other service provider.’’. (b) REDESIGNATION AND REORDERING OF DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (54) as paragraphs (45), (7), (50), (39), (26), (27), (54), (13), (48), (8), (29), (14), (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (10), (30), (37), (11), (15), (16), (18), (21), (22), (23), (24), (28), (31), (33), (35), (36), (38), (40), (41), (42), (43), (44), (51), (53), (19), (49), (4), (9), (12), (17), (20), (25), (34), (46), (47), (52), and (32), respectively; and (2) so that paragraphs (1) through (54), as so redesignated in paragraph (1), appear in numerical order.

TITLE II—ADMINISTRATION ON AGING SEC. 201. ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION AND SERVICES.

Section 201 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3011) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(e)(1) The Assistant Secretary is authorized to designate within the Administration a person to have responsibility for elder abuse prevention and services. ‘‘(2) It shall be the duty of the Assistant Secretary, acting through the person designated to have responsibility for elder abuse prevention and services— ‘‘(A) to develop objectives, priorities, policy, and a longterm plan for— ‘‘(i) facilitating the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of a coordinated, multidisciplinary elder justice system in the United States; ‘‘(ii) providing Federal leadership to support State efforts in carrying out elder justice programs and activities relating to— ‘‘(I) elder abuse prevention, detection, treatment, intervention, and response; ‘‘(II) training of individuals regarding the matters described in subclause (I); and ‘‘(III) the development of a State comprehensive elder justice system, as defined in section 752(b); ‘‘(iii) establishing Federal guidelines and disseminating best practices for uniform data collection and reporting by States; ‘‘(iv) working with States, the Department of Justice, and other Federal entities to annually collect, maintain, and disseminate data relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, to the extent practicable; ‘‘(v) establishing an information clearinghouse to collect, maintain, and disseminate information concerning best practices and resources for training, technical assistance, and other activities to assist States and communities to carry out evidence-based programs to prevent and address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; ‘‘(vi) conducting research related to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation;

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