MI HB5210

County department shall commence investigation within 24 hours of receiving a report of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult, with reasonable belief sufficient basis for investigation.

County department must provide adult foster care licensees with substance of abuse or neglect allegations as soon as practicable and allow licensee opportunity to respond, with response included in investigation record.

Investigation must include determination of nature, extent, and cause of abuse; identification of responsible person; examination of evidence; interview with the adult by personal visit, telephone, or other available means; and may include medical, psychological, social, vocational, and educational evaluations.

County department shall make available appropriate and least restrictive protective services to abused, neglected, or exploited adults and may petition for guardianship, temporary guardianship, or conservatorship; county department may also provide investigation report to prosecuting attorney.

State agencies (Department of Human Services, State Police, Attorney General, and Office of Services to the Aging) shall develop state model protocol for investigating vulnerable adult abuse within 120 days, and county prosecutors may adopt local protocols based on the state model.