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GA HB955
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/19/2020
Primary Sponsor
Chuck Efstration
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AI Summary
- Repeals the enhanced penalty (misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature) for simple battery committed against a person who is 65 years of age or older, while retaining the enhancement for battery against pregnant women
- Repeals the enhanced penalty for simple battery and battery committed by employees, agents, or volunteers at long-term care facilities, assisted living communities, personal care homes, and home health/hospice providers against persons receiving services from those facilities
- Creates a new criminal offense (Code Section 16-5-106) making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully fail to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of disabled adults or elder persons when required by law to do so, with each violation constituting a separate offense
- Repeals the existing criminal offense and penalties under Code Section 30-5-8 for failure to report abuse or exploitation of residents in long-term care facilities, consolidating that provision into the new Code Section 16-5-106
- Updates the Georgia long-term care background check program's definition of "crime" to reference the new Code Section 16-5-106 in place of the repealed Code Section 30-5-8
Legislative Description
Crimes and offenses; simple battery against a person 65 years of age or older; repeal enhanced penalties
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
3/12/2020
Full Bill Text
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