S.F. No. 3906 Summary

• Establishes 15 enumerated rights for wards and protected persons under guardianship or conservatorship, including rights to dignity, medical treatment, personal privacy, communication, voting, and legal representation.

• Creates a crime for legal guardians who prevent protected persons from exercising the rights listed in section 524.5-120, with penalties of up to one year imprisonment or a fine of up to $3,000, or both.

• Amends criminal abuse statute to specify that caregivers who intentionally administer controlled substances to vulnerable adults without a valid prescription or inconsistent with a valid prescription, with intent to cause pain or injury, are guilty of criminal abuse.

• Exempts therapeutic conduct from the controlled substance administration prohibition.