HB372 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Sections 13A-6-191 and 13A-6-192 to add sexual abuse as a form of elder abuse and neglect in the first degree, which is a Class A felony.

• Expands the definition of emotional abuse to include humiliation, in addition to intentional or reckless infliction of emotional or mental anguish.

• Adds a new definition of sexual abuse referencing Sections 13A-6-66 and 13A-6-67 of the Alabama Code.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

• Excluded from local funding requirements under Alabama Constitution Amendment 621 because it defines a new crime or amends the definition of an existing crime.