Adult Protective Services Functions and Grants Programs

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living 45 CFR Part 1324 RIN 0985-AA18 ( printed page 39488) AGENCY: Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: ACL is issuing this Final Rule to modify the implementing regulations of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (“the Act” or OAA) to add a new subpart (Subpart D) related to Adult Protective Services (APS). DATES: Effective date: This final rule is effective on June 7, 2024. Compliance date: May 8, 2028. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Whittier Eliason, Team Lead, Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services, Administration on Aging, Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201. Email: Stephanie.WhittierEliason@acl.hhs.gov , Telephone: (202) 795-7467 or (TDD). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Background A. Statutory and Regulatory History and Reasons for the Proposed Rulemaking B. Overview of the Final Rule C. Severability II. Provisions of the Final Rule and Responses to Public Comments III. Adult Protective Services Systems A. Section 1324.400 Eligibility for Funding B. Section 1324.401 Definitions C. Section 1324.402 Program Administration D. Section 1324.403 APS Response E. Section 1324.404 Conflict of Interest F. Section 1324.405 Accepting Reports G. Section 1324.406 Coordina…