Georgia House Bill 702 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-09 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the protection of elderly persons, so as to provide that the offense of cruelty to a person 65 years of age or older includes the exploitation of a disabled adult or elder person; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting abuse or exploitation of residents in long term care facilities, so as to provide that the exploitation of certain persons in long-term care facilities shall be a felony; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Elderly persons; offense of cruelty includes exploitation; provisions

Sen. Earl Carter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-09		House Second Readers
2009-03-05		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/27899
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb702_LC_38_0879_a_2.htm