Bill Text: HI HB1858 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Elder Abuse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola excused (2). [HB1858 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB1858-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELDER ABUSE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 28-94, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "caregiver" to read as follows:
""Caregiver" means any person who has undertaken the care, custody, or physical control of, or who has a legal or contractual duty to care for the health, safety, and welfare of a dependent elder, including, but not limited to, owners, operators, employees, or staff of:
(1) Hospitals;
(2) Hospices;
(3) Adult residential care homes;
(4) Developmentally disabled domiciliary homes;
(5) Developmentally disabled adult foster homes;
(6) Intermediate care facilities;
(7) Skilled nursing facilities;
(8) Special treatment facilities;
(9) Assisted living facilities;
(10) Adult foster family homes;
(11) Adult day health care centers and adult day care programs;
(12) Independent living centers;
(13) Long-term care facilities;
(14) Community care facilities for the elderly;
(15) Respite care facilities;
(16) Foster homes; and
(17) Private residences used for commercial purposes to care for dependent elders.
The term "caregiver" includes an employee or agent of the State who has any involvement in assessing a dependent elder's mental capacity, or any involvement in the oversight or management of a dependent elder's financial affairs, or both."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
Report Title:
Attorney General; Dependent Elder Abuse; Civil Action; Caregivers
Description:
Specifies that the Attorney General may bring a civil action on behalf of the State for alleged abuse of a dependent elder by employees or agents of the State whose duty is to oversee or manage the financial affairs of a dependent elder. (HB1858 HD1)
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