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IN SB0192

Bill

Status

Passed

3/21/2016

Primary Sponsor

Michael Crider

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

Senate Enrolled Act 192 Summary

  • Secretary of Family and Social Services, in cooperation with the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council, must submit a report to the legislative council by December 1, 2016, addressing adult protective services for endangered adults.

  • Report must include estimated staffing levels needed for state and county offices to manage investigations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of endangered adults.

  • Report must identify circumstances requiring emergency placement, appropriate types of emergency placements, and strategies to improve emergency placement capabilities during adult protective services investigations.

  • Report must address benefits and costs of establishing a centralized intake system, consistent standards of care, appropriate employee training levels, and a draft cooperative agreement between state and prosecuting attorney offices regarding adult protective services duties.

  • Legislative council is urged to assign a study committee to examine visitation, communication, and interaction with protected persons, with findings due by November 1, 2016.

Legislative Description

Guardianship and adult protective services report. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee a study of the visitation, communication, and interaction with a protected person. Requires the family and social services administration (FSSA), in cooperation with the Indiana prosecuting attorneys council (IPAC), to prepare and submit a report to the legislative council before December 1, 2016, concerning adult protective services. Specifies that the report must include: (1) an estimation of appropriate staffing levels necessary to efficiently and effectively manage the investigations of reports of matters related to the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of endangered adults; (2) identification

Last Action

Public Law 34

3/21/2016

Committee Referrals

Family, Children and Human Affairs2/8/2016
Judiciary1/6/2016

Full Bill Text

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