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HB
2426
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SB 6202 |
Creates a mandatory sentence enhancement of 18
months to five years, depending on
the felony level, for felonies where the victim was a vulnerable
adult.
Permits financial institutions to refuse to disburse funds from
the account of a
vulnerable adult or the account of a suspected perpetrator of
financial exploitation of
a vulnerable adult when the financial institution reasonably
believes that financial
exploitation of a vulnerable adult has occurred, has been
attempted, or is being
attempted.
Immunizes a financial institution from liability for certain
acts taken in response to
the suspected financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
Requires that a report be made to the medical examiner or
coroner, the Department of
Social and Health Services, and law enforcement when a
vulnerable adult's death was
due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment.
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Office of Public Guardianship, Report to the
Legislature, December 2009, "Alternatives
to Guardianship, A Proposal for Comprehensive Statutory Framework to
Provide Decision-Making Assistance to Persons with Diminished
Decision-Making Capability"
WSBA
Elder Law Section Section's Guardianship task force recommendations
issued in August, 2009. They address such subjects as active
judicial monitoring of ongoing guardianships, uniform systems of
recording and gathering guardianship-related data, training for
non-professional guardians, and state funding for the court system's
guardianship-related role and for the Office of Public Guardianship. WSBA
Elderlaw Section
Attorney General Vulnerable Adult Task Force Report 2008
Final Report
pdf
version Website
Version.
Guardianship
Protection Subgroup report
2009
Vulnerable Adult Proposed Legislation pdf NOTE pages are out
of order
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