Virginia House Bill 552 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Adult protective services; investigations. Requires local departments of social services and local law-enforcement agencies that initiate an investigation upon receipt of a valid report of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult 60 years old or older or incapacitated in a custodial setting or by a licensed health care professional to convey to all appropriate licensing, regulatory, or legal authorities (i) the name of the facility, program, or individual and (ii) the final disposition of such investigations. The bill requires any licensing, regulatory, or legal authorities receiving such information to retain it on file with any other information associated with the facility, program, or individual and, upon receiving the final disposition, to discard the initial report. The bill exempts any information exchanged under these provisions from the disclosure requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

Adult protective services; investigations.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2016-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
2016-01-14	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2016-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2016-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102298D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	1605	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB552
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB552+hil