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GA HR1366
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/16/2016
Primary Sponsor
Sharon Cooper
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AI Summary
- Creates the House Study Committee on a Georgia Abuser Registry, composed of five House members appointed by the Speaker, to study the feasibility of a comprehensive statewide registry of individuals who have committed abuse, neglect, or exploitation against elderly and disabled populations
- Addresses the gap in pre-employment background checks where offenders charged with abuse, neglect, or exploitation of seniors or disabled individuals can plea down to lesser charges, making their history invisible to potential employers
- Notes Georgia's 65-and-older population is projected to increase 143 percent over 30 years, and cites national data showing one in ten Americans over 60 experience abuse, with annual financial exploitation losses estimated at $2.9 billion in 2009
- References Tennessee's abuse registry, created in 1987 and housed in its Department of Health, as a model, and Georgia's own Child Abuse Registry created by Senate Bill 138 in 2015
- Committee members receive per diem allowances for up to five days, funded from House of Representatives appropriations, and the committee must file a report and stands abolished on December 1, 2016
Legislative Description
House Study Committee on a Georgia Abuser Registry; create
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/18/2016
Full Bill Text
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