1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act . 2. Court-appointed guardianship oversight activities under the Elder Justice Act of 2009 Section 2042(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397m–1(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting (and, in the case of demonstration programs described in paragraph (2)(E), to the highest courts of States) after States ; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting (and the highest courts of States, in the case of demonstration programs described in subparagraph (E)) after local units of government ; (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking or after the semicolon; (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and (D) by inserting after subparagraph (E), the following new subparagraph: (E) subject to paragraph (3), programs to assess the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, integrity, and accessibility of adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, including the appointment and the monitoring of the performance of court-appointed guardians and conservators, and to implement changes deemed necessary as a result of the assessments such as mandating background checks for all potential guardians and conservators, and implementing systems to enable the annual accountings and other required conservatorship and guardianship filings to be completed, filed, and reviewed electronically in order to simplify the filing process for conservators and guardians and better enable courts to identify discrepancies and detect fraud and the exploitation of protected persons; or ; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively