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HOUSE BILL NO. 2061 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled January 10, 2017 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1606.01, relating to Department of Social Services; statistics regarding reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation. ---------- Patrons-- Watts and Marshall, R.G. ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 63.2-1606.01 as follows:

§ 63.2-1606.01. Publication of information regarding reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

The Department shall (i) keep records of the number of reports filed pursuant to § 63.2-1606 alleging suspected adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation and the disposition of such reports and (ii) annually publish nonidentifying statistics regarding such information. The Department shall also annually disseminate to the Department of Health and all local boards and area agencies on aging a report of such information, categorized by the planning district in which the report was filed; the facility in which the abused, neglected, or exploited adult resided at the time of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation, if applicable; and the names of individuals who were the subject of criminal charges as a result of the investigation.