Posted: | December 8, 2022 11:02 AM |
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From: | Representative Daniel J. Deasy |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Power of Attorney Exploitation Protection for Seniors (Formerly HB564) |
Please support my legislation which aims to protect senior citizens from being exploited by a designated power of attorney. Specifically, my bill broadens the definition of "exploitation" under the Older Adults Protective Services Act to include an individual acting under a power of attorney. In the definition of "exploitation," language is added to say that an act or course of conduct by an individual acting under a power of attorney, against an older adult or an older adult’s resources. The effect of this proposal is to clearly state that a local area agency on aging shall have the authority to investigate and access records if there is reasonable cause to believe that an individual acting under a power of attorney is exploiting the older person or their resources. I hope that you will join me in co-sponsoring this important piece of legislation. Thank you. Those that co-sponsored this bill during the 2021-2022 legislative session are as follows: DEASY, McNEILL, FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI, DeLUCA, LEE, NEILSON, GALLOWAY, MALAGARI, SCHWEYER, WARREN AND MATZIE |
Introduced as HB438