{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1397m\u20132.","heading":"Long-term care ombudsman program grants and training","text":"\u00a7\u202f1397m\u20132.\nLong-term care ombudsman program grants and training\n(a)\nGrants to support the long-term care ombudsman program\n(1)\nIn general\nThe 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\u2014\n(A) improving the capacity of State long-term care ombudsman programs to respond to and resolve complaints about abuse and neglect;\n(B) conducting pilot programs with State long-term care ombudsman offices or local ombudsman entities; and\n(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).\n(2)\nAuthorization of appropriations\nThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection\u2014\n(A) for fiscal year 2011, $5,000,000;\n(B) for fiscal year 2012, $7,500,000; and\n(C) for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014, $10,000,000.\n(b)\nOmbudsman training programs\n(1)\nIn general\nThe 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.\n(2)\nAuthorization of appropriations\nThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014, $10,000,000.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1397m\u20132."},{"t":"heading","text":"Long-term care ombudsman program grants and training"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Grants to support the long-term care ombudsman program"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"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\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" improving the capacity of State long-term care ombudsman programs to respond to and resolve complaints about abuse and neglect;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" conducting pilot programs with State long-term care ombudsman offices or local ombudsman entities; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization of appropriations"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" for fiscal year 2011, $5,000,000;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" for fiscal year 2012, $7,500,000; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/a/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014, $10,000,000.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Ombudsman training programs"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1397m\u20132/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization of appropriations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014, $10,000,000.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}