BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 2426: Vulnerable adults

Expanding provisions relating to vulnerable adults.

Summary

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.

From the House Bill Analysis 2010 (HB 2426), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to vulnerable adults;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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