§3058j — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§3058j State legal assistance development

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XI— - ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVITIES › Part Part A— - State Provisions › Subpart subpart iv— - state legal assistance development program › § 3058j

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

State agencies must have a person called a State legal assistance developer and enough staff to protect older people's legal rights. They must lead efforts to secure those rights, coordinate and expand legal help, train and support area agencies, legal providers, and ombudsmen, offer financial-management help for those at risk of conservatorship, help people at risk of guardianship protect their rights, and raise legal service quality and availability.

Title 42, §3058j

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A State agency shall provide the services of an individual who shall be known as a State legal assistance developer, and the services of other personnel, sufficient to ensure—

(1)State leadership in securing and maintaining the legal rights of older individuals;

(2)State capacity for coordinating the provision of legal assistance;

(3)State capacity to provide technical assistance, training, and other supportive functions to area agencies on aging, legal assistance providers, ombudsmen, and other persons, as appropriate;

(4)State capacity to promote financial management services to older individuals at risk of conservatorship;

(5)State capacity to assist older individuals in understanding their rights, exercising choices, benefiting from services and opportunities authorized by law, and maintaining the rights of older individuals at risk of guardianship; and

(6)State capacity to improve the quality and quantity of legal services provided to older individuals.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 3058j, Pub. L. 89–73, title VII, § 731, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title VII, § 704, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1285, related to State elder rights and legal assistance development, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–501, title VII, § 706, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2291.