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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2019
- Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2019
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 14, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 26, 2019
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 18, 201949–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 29, 2019
- Done: Signed into lawMay 2, 2019
HF 304 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 304, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 304 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to reports of personal degradation by caretakers of dependent adults in facilities and programs regulated by the department of inspections and appeals (DIA). _____ dependent adult abuse registry, and is not considered founded dependent adult abuse. A subsequent report of dependent adult abuse involving physical injury, unreasonable confinement or punishment, assault, or neglect that occurs within that same five-year period by the same caretaker who was the subject of the previous report may be considered minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur depending on the circumstances.
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The bill expands current law to provide that a report of dependent adult abuse involving personal degradation by a caretaker of a dependent adult in a facility or program which DIA determines is minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur shall be collected and maintained by DHS as an assessment only for a five-year period, shall not be included in the central dependent adult abuse registry, and shall not be considered founded dependent adult abuse. A subsequent report of dependent adult abuse involving personal degradation that occurs within that same five-year period by the same caretaker who was the subject of the previous report may be considered minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur depending on the circumstances.
House subcommittee
Named January 28, 2019. On January 31, 2019 it recommended passage.
- Rep. A. Meyer
- Rep. Robert P. Bacon R
- Rep. Timi Brown-Powers DEmail
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