[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10017 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10017

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide for training 
 for employees of public housing agencies regarding issues relating to 
         the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of elder persons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2024

    Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide for training 
 for employees of public housing agencies regarding issues relating to 
         the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of elder persons.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Elder Abuse Prevention in Public 
Housing Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAINING REGARDING ISSUES RELATING TO THE ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR 
              EXPLOITATION OF ELDER PERSONS.

    Title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 39. TRAINING REGARDING ISSUES RELATING TO THE ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR 
              EXPLOITATION OF ELDER PERSONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall require each public housing 
agency receiving assistance under this Act who have a responsibility 
for administering the housing assistance program under section 8 
provide adequate training to all employees with respect to prevention, 
identification, and intervention as it relates to signs of abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation of elder persons that receive assistance 
under the housing assistance program under section 8.
    ``(b) Consultation Required.-- The Secretary shall require each 
public housing agency to, each year, consult with local elder abuse 
organizations, multidisciplinary teams, State agencies, local agencies, 
or Tribal agencies, as appropriate, when designing the training 
provided to employees pursuant to subsection (a).
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The terms `abuse', `neglect', and `exploitation' have 
        the meaning given such terms in section 2011 of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397j).
            ``(2) The term `elder person' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 2011 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1397j).''.
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