SERVICE COORDINATORS.

SEC. 851. SERVICE COORDINATORS. (a) Increased Flexibility for Use of Service Coordinators in Certain Federally Assisted Housing.—Section 676 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking “multifamily housing assisted under national housing act” and inserting “certain federally assisted housing”; (2) in subsection (a)— 114 STAT. 3024 (A) in the first sentence, by striking “(E) and (F)” and inserting “(B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G)”; and (B) in the last sentence— (i) by striking “section 661” and inserting “section 671”; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: “A service coordinator funded with a grant under this section for a project may provide services to low-income elderly or disabled families living in the vicinity of such project.”; (3) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking “(E) or (F)” and inserting “(B), (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G)”; and (B) by striking “section 661” and inserting “section 671”; and (4) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsection (d) (as amended by paragraph (3) of this subsection) as subsection (c). (b) Requirement To Provide Service Coordinators.—Section 671 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13631) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking “to carry out this subtitle pursuant to the amendments made by this subtitle” and inserting the following: “for providing service coordinators under this section”; (2) in subsection (d), by inserting “)” after “section 683(2)”; and (3) by adding at the end following: “(e) Services for Low-Income Elderly or Disabled Families Residing in Vicinity of Certain Projects.—To the extent only that this section applies to service coordinators for covered federally assisted housing described in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of section 683(2), any reference in this section to elderly or disabled residents of a project shall be construed to include low-income elderly or disabled families living in the vicinity of such project”. (c) Protection Against Telemarketing Fraud.— (1) Supportive housing for the elderly.—The first sentence of section 202(g)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(g)(l)) is amended by striking “and (F)” and inserting the following: “(F) providing education and outreach regarding telemarketing fraud, in accordance with the standards issued under section 671(f) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13631(f)); and (G)”. (2) Other federally assisted housing.—Section 671 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13631), as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is further amended— (A) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by inserting after “response,” the following: “education and outreach regarding telemarketing fraud in accordance with the standards issued under subsection (f),”; and (B) by adding at the end the following: “(f) Protection Against Telemarketing Fraud.— “(1) In general.—The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall establish standards for service coordinators in federally assisted housing who 114 STAT. 3025 are providing education and outreach to elderly persons residing in such housing regarding telemarketing fraud. The standards shall be designed to ensure that such education and outreach informs such elderly persons of the dangers of telemarketing fraud and facilitates the investigation and prosecution of telemarketers engaging in fraud against such residents. “(2) Contents.—The standards established under this subsection shall require that any such education and outreach be provided in a manner that— “(A) informs such residents of— “(i) the prevalence of telemarketing fraud targeted against elderly persons; “(ii) how telemarketing fraud works; “(iii) how to identify telemarketing fraud; “(iv) how to protect themselves against telemarketing fraud, including an explanation of the dangers of providing bank account, credit card, or other financial or personal information over the telephone to unsolicited callers; “(v) how to report suspected attempts at telemarketing fraud; and “(vi) their consumer protection rights under Federal law; “(B) provides such other information as the Secretary considers necessary to protect such residents against fraudulent telemarketing; and “(C) disseminates the information provided by appropriate means, and in determining such appropriate means, the Secretary shall consider on-site presentations at federally assisted housing, public service announcements, a printed manual or pamphlet, an Internet website, and telephone outreach to residents whose names appear on ‘mooch lists’ confiscated from fraudulent telemarketers.”.