HF818

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Financial records disclosure in connection with financial exploitation investigations authorized, procedures for reporting and investigating maltreatment modified, duties of financial institutions in cases of financial exploitation specified, financial exploitation crime modified, and penalties imposed.

Sec. 1: Government access to financial records restrictions provided, language modified.

Sec. 2: Financial records release language modified.

Sec. 3: Statutory violations provision expanded to include financial exploitation.

Sec. 4: Transfer prohibition exceptions language modified.

Sec. 5: Filing a cause of action language modified.

Sec. 6: Criminal alert network establishment language modified.

Sec. 7: Authority to subpoena language modified.

Sec. 8: Financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult crime language modified.

Sec. 9: Sentencing procedure provided.

Sec. 10: Speedy trail and schedule change notice language modified.

Sec. 11: Reporting language added.

Sec. 12: Immunity and protection for reporters provided, language added.

Sec. 13: Financial institution cooperation required.

Sec. 14: Common entry point designation language modified.

Sec. 15: Evaluation and referral of reports made to a common entry point
language added.

Sec. 16: Law enforcement response to reports modified.

Sec. 17: Education requirements modified.

Sec. 18: Investigation report prioritizing guidelines required.

Sec. 19: Cause of action for financial exploitation and damages provided.

Sec. 20: Common entry point definition modified.

Sec. 21: Vulnerable adult language modified.

Sec. 22: Limitations provided.

ERS, 3/31/09