Bill Text: VA HB2061 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Adult protective services; statistics regarding reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-07 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions [HB2061 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB2061-Prefiled.html
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.