42 USC § 3058j - State legal assistance development

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3058j"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 3058j - State legal assistance development"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3058j"
section_name: "State legal assistance development"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "State Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–73, title VII, § 731, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title VII, § 706, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2291.)"
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# § 3058j. State legal assistance development

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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–73, title VII, § 731, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title VII, § 706, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2291.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3058j, , as added , , , related to State elder rights and legal assistance development, prior to repeal by , , .