Bill Text: OR HB2165 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to multidisciplinary teams for investigating the abuse of adults with disabilities.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2165 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2165-Engrossed.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1899

                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 2165
                Ordered by the House February 22
          Including House Amendments dated February 22

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Human
  Services)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.

  Repeals sunset on county multidisciplinary teams that develop
and implement protocols and procedures for investigation and
reporting of abuse of adults with disabilities.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to multidisciplinary teams for investigating the abuse
  of adults with disabilities; amending section 8, chapter 837,
  Oregon Laws 2009; and repealing section 43, chapter 837, Oregon
  Laws 2009.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 43, chapter 837, Oregon Laws 2009, is
repealed. + }
  SECTION 2. Section 8, chapter 837, Oregon Laws 2009, as amended
by section 83, chapter 828, Oregon Laws 2009, is amended to read:
   { +  Sec. 8. + } (1) The district attorney in each county
shall be responsible for developing county multidisciplinary
teams to consist of but not be limited to personnel from the
community mental health program, the community developmental
disabilities program, the Department of Human Services or a
designee of the department, the Oregon Health Authority or a
designee of the authority, the local area agency on aging, the
district attorney's office, law enforcement and an agency that
advocates on behalf of individuals with disabilities, as well as
others specially trained in the abuse of adults.
  (2) The teams shall develop a written protocol for immediate
investigation of and notification procedures for cases of abuse
of adults and for interviewing the victims. Each team also shall
develop written agreements signed by member agencies that are
represented on the team that specify:
  (a) The role of each member agency;
  (b) Procedures to be followed to assess risks to the adult;
  (c) Guidelines for timely communication between member
agencies; and
  (d) Guidelines for completion of responsibilities by member
agencies.

  (3) Each team member shall have access to training in risk
assessment, dynamics of abuse of adults and legally sound
interview and investigatory techniques.
  (4) All investigations of abuse of adults by the department or
its designee or the authority or its designee and by law
enforcement shall be carried out in a manner consistent with the
protocols and procedures called for in this section.
  (5) All information obtained by the team members in the
exercise of their duties is confidential.
  (6) Each team shall develop and implement procedures for
evaluating and reporting compliance of member agencies with the
protocols and procedures required under this section.
  (7) Each team shall   { - annually - }  report to the
Department of Justice and the Oregon Criminal Justice
Commission { + , no later than July 1 of each year, + } the
number of:
  (a) Substantiated allegations of abuse of adults in the county
for the preceding   { - 12 months - }  { +  calendar year + }.
  (b) Substantiated allegations of abuse referred to law
enforcement because there was reasonable cause found that a crime
had been committed.
  (c) Allegations of abuse that were not investigated by law
enforcement.
  (d) Allegations of abuse that led to criminal charges.
  (e) Allegations of abuse that led to prosecution.
  (f) Allegations of abuse that led to conviction.
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