Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§1397m–2 Long-term care ombudsman program grants and training

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - SOCIAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XX— - BLOCK GRANTS AND PROGRAMS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND ELDER JUSTICE › Part Part II— - Programs To Promote Elder Justice › § 1397m–2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give grants to groups with experience in long-term care abuse, neglect, or ombudsman work. Grants will help state ombudsman programs handle and fix complaints, run pilot projects with state or local offices, and support these efforts, including a national resource center. Authorized funding: FY2011 $5,000,000; FY2012 $7,500,000; FY2013 $10,000,000; FY2014 $10,000,000. The Secretary must also set up training programs on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation for national organizations and State ombudsman programs. Authorized funding: $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1397m–2

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(a)(1)The Secretary shall make grants to eligible entities with relevant expertise and experience in abuse and neglect in long-term care facilities or long-term care ombudsman programs and responsibilities, for the purpose of—

(A)improving the capacity of State long-term care ombudsman programs to respond to and resolve complaints about abuse and neglect;

(B)conducting pilot programs with State long-term care ombudsman offices or local ombudsman entities; and

(C)providing support for such State long-term care ombudsman programs and such pilot programs (such as through the establishment of a national long-term care ombudsman resource center).

(2)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection—

(A)for fiscal year 2011, $5,000,000;

(B)for fiscal year 2012, $7,500,000; and

(C)for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014, $10,000,000.

(b)(1)The Secretary shall establish programs to provide and improve ombudsman training with respect to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation for national organizations and State long-term care ombudsman programs.

(2)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014, $10,000,000.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1397m–2

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73