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§3058j State Legal Assistance Development

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

A State agency must hire a person called a State legal assistance developer and enough other staff to carry out six duties. They must lead efforts to protect older people’s legal rights; coordinate legal help; provide training and technical support to local aging agencies, legal providers, and ombudsmen; promote money-management services for people at risk of conservatorship; help older people know and use their rights and avoid guardianship; and improve the amount and quality of legal services for older people.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3058j

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 3058j

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102