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HB 952 Adult protective serv.; change in prov., Com. of Dept. of Soc. Serv. to report on adult abuse, etc.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Adult Protective Services; reporting and investigation procedures; adult fatality review teams; penalties. Revises and adds new provisions to existing adult protective services law, including reporting and investigation procedures. The bill requires local departments of social services to initiate investigations of suspected adult abuse, neglect or exploitation within 24 hours of receiving a valid report, and requires them to notify the appropriate law-enforcement agency when in receipt of reports involving sexual abuse, serious bodily injury or disease believed to be the result of abuse or neglect, or criminal activity involving abuse or neglect that places the adult in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm. When denied access to an adult in need of protective services, local departments are given authority to seek a court order, upon a showing of good cause, permitting such access.
The bill adds guardians, conservators and emergency medical services personnel to the list of persons who, acting in their official capacities, are required to report suspected cases of adult abuse, neglect or exploitation, and clarifies other mandated reporter provisions. Mandated reporters are required to report such matters to local departments or to the hotline immediately, and employers of mandated reporters must notify them of this requirement upon hiring. The bill adds employees of accounting firms to the financial personnel listed under the voluntary reporter provisions.
Anyone 14 years of age or older who knowingly makes a false report of adult abuse is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor, and a Class 2 misdemeanor for subsequent false reports. The bill also increases the initial time period in which involuntary adult protective services may be provided through an appropriate court order from five to 15 days.
Enactment clauses require (i) the Department of Social Services to develop a plan to educate newly mandated reporters on adult abuse, neglect and exploitation, and the delay of penalty provisions on newly mandated reporters until the delivery of such training; and (ii) the Secretary, in consultation with the Departments of Social Services and Health and other state and local entities, to establish procedures and cost estimates for the operation of adult fatality review teams to review suspicious deaths of vulnerable adults. This bill is identical to SB 318.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 043931116 pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043476116-H1 pdf
- 02/20/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 043147300-S1 pdf
- 03/12/04 House: Conference substitute printed 043484300-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB952ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 043931116
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/28/04 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
- 02/05/04 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/04 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/04 House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: 7
- 02/13/04 House: Reported from Appropriations with sub (24-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/04 House: Committee substitute printed 043476116-H1
- 02/14/04 House: Read first time
- 02/16/04 House: Read second time
- 02/16/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 043476116-H1
- 02/16/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB952H1
- 02/17/04 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 02/17/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 02/17/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/18/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/18/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/20/04 Senate: Reported from R. & S. S. w/substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 043147300-S1
- 02/23/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/24/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 043147300-S1
- 02/24/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB952S1
- 02/24/04 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/27/04 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (19-Y 76-N 1-A)
- 02/27/04 House: VOTE: REJECTED (19-Y 76-N 1-A)
- 03/02/04 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/04 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/04 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/03/04 House: House acceded to request
- 03/04/04 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/04 House: Delegates: Ebbin, Hamilton, Orrock
- 03/04/04 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/04/04 Senate: Senators: Howell, Hanger, Williams
- 03/11/04 House: Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 03/11/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 03/11/04 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/04 House: Conference substitute printed 043484300-H2
- 03/24/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB952ER)
- 03/24/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 749 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749)