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HB 251 Adult Fatality Review Team; created, report.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Adult Fatality Review Team.  Establishes the Adult Fatality Review Team to review suspicious deaths of any incapacitated adult aged 18 or older and any adult aged 60 or older (i) who was the subject of an adult protective services investigation, (ii) whose death was due to abuse or neglect or acts that suggest abuse or neglect, or (iii) whose death came under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner pursuant to § 32.1-283. The bill sets forth duties, membership, confidentiality, reporting, and other requirements for the team. The bill also creates a Freedom of Information Act exemption for information and records acquired during a review of any death conducted by a family violence fatality review team or during a review of any adult death conducted by the adult fatality review team to the extent made confidential by state law.


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