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PUBLIC LAW 109–365—OCT. 17, 2006 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a grant under this section shall use funds made available through such grant to promote the development and implementation of a comprehensive elder justice system by— ‘‘(A) establishing formal working relationships among public and private providers of elder justice programs, service providers, and stakeholders in order to create a unified elder justice network across such State to coordinate programmatic efforts; ‘‘(B) facilitating and supporting the development of a management information system and standard data elements; ‘‘(C) providing for appropriate education (including educating the public about the range of available elder justice information, programs, and services), training, and technical assistance; and ‘‘(D) taking such other steps as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate. ‘‘(2) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—Funds made available to States pursuant to this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds expended to support activities described in paragraph (1).’’.

SEC. 705. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Subtitle C of title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3058bb et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 42 USC 3058ff.

‘‘SEC. 765. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

‘‘Nothing in this title shall be construed to interfere with or abridge the right of an older individual to practice the individual’s religion through reliance on prayer alone for healing, in a case in which a decision to so practice the religion— ‘‘(1) is contemporaneously expressed by the older individual— ‘‘(A) either orally or in writing; ‘‘(B) with respect to a specific illness or injury that the older individual has at the time of the decision; and ‘‘(C) when the older individual is competent to make the decision; ‘‘(2) is set forth prior to the occurrence of the illness or injury in a living will, health care proxy, or other advance directive document that is validly executed and applied under State law; or ‘‘(3) may be unambiguously deduced from the older individual’s life history.’’.

TITLE VIII—FEDERAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act.

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act’’.

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