124 STAT. 788 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(3) EXPIRATION OF TERMS.—The term of any member shall not expire before the date on which the member’s successor takes office. ‘‘(e) ELECTION OF OFFICERS.—The Advisory Board shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair from among its members. The Advisory Board shall elect its initial Chair and Vice Chair at its initial meeting. ‘‘(f) DUTIES.— ‘‘(1) ENHANCE COMMUNICATION ON PROMOTING QUALITY OF, AND PREVENTING ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION IN, LONG- TERM CARE.—The Advisory Board shall develop collaborative and innovative approaches to improve the quality of, including preventing abuse, neglect, and exploitation in, long-term care. ‘‘(2) COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO DEVELOP CONSENSUS AROUND THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN QUALITY-RELATED FAC- TORS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Board shall establish multidisciplinary panels to address, and develop consensus on, subjects relating to improving the quality of long-term care. At least 1 such panel shall address, and develop consensus on, methods for managing resident-to-resident abuse in long-term care. ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED.—The multidisciplinary panels established under subparagraph (A) shall examine relevant research and data, identify best practices with respect to the subject of the panel, determine the best way to carry out those best practices in a practical and feasible manner, and determine an effective manner of distributing information on such subject. ‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of the Elder Justice Act of 2009, and annually thereafter, the Advisory Board shall prepare and submit to the Elder Justice Coordinating Council, the Com- mittee on Finance of the Senate, and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report containing— ‘‘(A) information on the status of Federal, State, and local public and private elder justice activities; ‘‘(B) recommendations (including recommended prior- ities) regarding— ‘‘(i) elder justice programs, research, training, serv- ices, practice, enforcement, and coordination; ‘‘(ii) coordination between entities pursuing elder justice efforts and those involved in related areas that may inform or overlap with elder justice efforts, such as activities to combat violence against women and child abuse and neglect; and ‘‘(iii) activities relating to adult fiduciary systems, including guardianship and other fiduciary arrange- ments; ‘‘(C) recommendations for specific modifications needed in Federal and State laws (including regulations) or for programs, research, and training to enhance prevention, detection, and treatment (including diagnosis) of, interven- tion in (including investigation of), and prosecution of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; Panels.
