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H.R. 8079 116th Congress House

Elder Justice Reauthorization Act of 2020

Official title: To reauthorize funding for programs to prevent, investigate, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 21, 2020 Introduced by: Richard E. Neal Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Aug 21, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, 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.
Aug 21, 2020
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 Latest action August 21, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, 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.

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Elder Justice Reauthorization Act of 2020

This bill appropriates funding to support adult protective services and reauthorizes various programs that address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Specifically, the bill appropriates additional funding for certain adult protective services to states under the Social Services Block Grant Program and to tribes under the Community Services Block Grant Program.

In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 certain programs focused on preventing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation by, for example, supporting long-term care ombudsman programs, state and local adult protective services offices, and long-term care workforce activities.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4555 Elder Justice Reauthorization Act of 2020
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6
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Gomez, Jimmy
California · Oct 9, 2020
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 29, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 24, 2020
Blumenauer, Earl
· Sep 23, 2020
Pascrell, Bill
· Sep 22, 2020
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Aug 21, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8079: Elder Justice Reauthorization Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8079/
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"H.R. 8079: Elder Justice Reauthorization Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8079/.
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H.R. 8079, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8079/.
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