H.R. 1783 - Elder Justice Act
- Sponsor:
- Rahm Emanuel
- Summary:
- To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.
Elder Justice Act
H.R. 1783 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Elder Justice Act
- Sponsor
- Rahm Emanuel
- Co-Sponsors
- Grace F. Napolitano
- Edward J. Markey
- Bob Filner
- James Walsh
- Mark Kirk
- Timothy H. Bishop
- Zachary Space
- Peter T. King
- Brad Miller
- Dennis J. Kucinich
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Jerrold Nadler
- Gene Green
- Barton Gordon
- Artur Davis
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- William Delahunt
- Michael Arcuri
- Christopher Carney
- Mike Thompson
- Charles B. Rangel
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Robert Wexler
- Alcee L. Hastings
- James Ramstad
- Allyson Y. Schwartz
- Michael McNulty
- Nancy Boyda
- Nicholas Lampson
- Jason Altmire
- Michael H. Michaud
- Jerry McNerney
- Edolphus Towns
- John McHugh
- Diana DeGette
- Ellen Tauscher
- Hilda Solis
- Gus M. Bilirakis
- Charles A. Gonzalez
- Linda T. Sánchez
- Bruce L. Braley
- Dale E. Kildee
- David Wu
- Tim Mahoney
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
- Donald Payne
- Ron Klein
- Gabrielle Giffords
- Zoe Lofgren
- John Kuhl
- Steven C. LaTourette
- Doris O. Matsui
- Tim Ryan
- André Carson
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Charles Wilson
- Loretta Sanchez
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Ben Chandler
- Joe Courtney
- Joe Donnelly
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Melissa Bean
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Joseph Crowley
- John A. Yarmuth
- Lynn C. Woolsey
- Steven R. Rothman
- Barbara Lee
- Barney Frank
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Hall
- Phil Hare
- Anthony Weiner
- Steve Israel
- Carolyn B. Maloney
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter
- Joe Sestak
- Bobby L. Rush
- Lloyd Doggett
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- José E. Serrano
- Marcy Kaptur
- Thomas Reynolds
- James Oberstar
- Wm. Lacy Clay
- Bob Etheridge
- Chris Van Hollen
- Frank A. LoBiondo
- Steve Cohen
- Albio Sires
- Danny K. Davis
- Betty Sutton
- John P. Sarbanes
- William Jefferson
- Frederick Boucher
- Michael M. Honda
- James P. Moran
- Susan A. Davis
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Earl Blumenauer
- Leonard L. Boswell
- Stephanie Jones
- Ron Kind
- John Lewis
- Albert Wynn
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Patrick Kennedy
- Shelley Berkley
- Brad Ellsworth
- Howard L. Berman
- Mike Ross
- Luis V. Gutiérrez
- Christopher Murphy
- Henry A. Waxman
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Peter A. DeFazio
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
- Darlene Hooley
- George Miller
- Patrick Murphy
- Subjects
- Aged
- Aid to dependent children
- Block grants
- Budgets
- Caregivers
- Cash welfare block grants
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crimes against the elderly
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice
- Criminal justice information
- Data banks
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Justice
- Directories
- Drugs
- Education
- Elder abuse
- Employee training
- Employment
- Executive departments
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal employees
- Fines (Penalties)
- Forensic medicine
- Fraud
- Fringe benefits
- Government employees
- Government information
- Governmental investigations
- Health information systems
- Health policy
- Higher education
- Informers
- Inspectors general
- Internet
- Job training
- Law
- Legal education
- Licenses
- Long-term care
- Medicaid
- Medical care
- Medical personnel
- Medicare
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Nursing homes
- Old age assistance
- Ombudsman
- Paramedical personnel
- Performance measurement
- Police training
- Politics and government
- Prosecution
- Public prosecutors
- Quality of care
- Recruiting of employees
- Relocation
- Salaries
- Social services
- State and local government
- State laws
- Strategic planning
- Tax credits
- Technology
- Telecommunication
- Victims of crimes
- Web sites
- Welfare
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 3/29/2007 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 3/29/2007 3/29/2007 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 3/29/2007 Referred to House Ways and Means 3/29/2007 Referred to House Judiciary 3/29/2007 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 3/29/2007 Referred to House Education and Labor 3/30/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 4/25/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 4/25/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. 6/27/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. 5/04/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. 5/06/2008 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 5/13/2008 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 5/13/2008 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . 5/14/2008 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 6/11/2008 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Put on a legislative calendar 6/11/2008 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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