1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Senior Citizen Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Model elder Abuse Registry (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish guidelines for States to design and implement elder abuse registries. (b) Contents The guidelines established under subsection (a) shall be designed to provide guidance to States to do the following: (1) Identify which types of individuals to place on an elder abuse registry, including— (A) individuals convicted of a crime involving elder abuse; and (B) individuals found by a State agency to have committed elder abuse. (2) Provide, for each individual placed on the registry, the information to be included for such individual in the elder abuse registry, including— (A) the circumstances surrounding the elder abuse; (B) the type of abuse committed; and (C) the relationship of the individual to the victim. (3) Prior to placement on the registry, notify each individual to be placed on the registry of such individual’s placement on the registry. (4) Provide, for each individual to be placed on the registry, the opportunity to appeal placement on the registry within a reasonable period of time before such individual’s placement on the registry. (5) Provide the duration of placement on the registry. (6) Provide for the removal of individuals who should no longer be placed on the registry. (7) Make elder abuse registries readily accessible to the public, including by— (A) posting the information contained in the registry onto the Internet