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Kentucky
| January 23 2004 |
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House bill specifies steps to take in elder abuse cases |
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House Bill 105 has passed the House. It outlines the "precise steps to be taken from the time a complaint is filed with the Cabinet for Families and Children until it is resolved….[Also,] Kentucky State Police and local law enforcement agencies would have to give the cabinet an annual report detailing each case and its disposition. The cabinet, in turn, would have to send a summary to the General Assembly." |
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WHAS 11
http://www.whas11.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D808KPTG0.html
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| January 28 2004 |
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House Oks bill to penalize nursing home tipsters |
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By a unanimous vote, the Kentucky House passed House Bill 159, which would make it a felony carrying a prison sentence of 1 to 5 years and a fine of $5,000 to $10,000 to intentionally inform a long-term care facility of an impending inspection. |
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WHAS 11
http://www.whas11.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D80C32904.html
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| March 18 2004 |
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| Title: |
Kentucky House Approves Greater Controls on Boarding Houses |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Legislation
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House Bill 672 would permit the state to levy fines of $1,000 to $5,000 against operators of unregistered boarding homes, jail people that solicit boarders for unregistered homes, shut down registered homes that pose health and safety risks to residents, and prohibit people who have been convicted of abuse from operating boarding homes. It would also require the state to set up screening procedures to ensure that residents are capable of caring for themselves. |
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The Miami Herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8220497.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
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Karla Ward
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| July 06 2004 |
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New laws take effect July 13 |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Legislation
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One new law will "require a criminal background check on anyone being hired to work in a state psychiatric, mental health and mental retardation long-term care facility. No person found to have been convicted of felony elder abuse, drug abuse, theft or violent crimes will be permitted to be hired." Another new law that may affect vulnerable elders and disabled adults gives limited immunity from civil liability to employers who provide "accurate job performance information on their past or current employees to another employer." |
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WHAS 11
http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/WHAS11_TOP_NewLaws.2cfe2970d.html
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| July 20 2004 |
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Kentucky Sets Up Tip Line To Report Medicaid Abuse |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
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"Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced Tuesday that a tip line has been set up to report Medicaid fraud or abuse that anyone in the Bluegrass can call. The toll-free number is 1-877-ABUSE-TIP." |
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WAVE 3 TV
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2065203&nav=0RZFOzZy
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| October 01 2004 |
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Stumbo creates Kentucky Bureau of Investigation |
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"Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced he was reorganizing his administration to create a new department called the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation." While the majority of the department's work will be "attacking the illegal drug distribution system in the state," it will also address elder abuse and a few other crimes. |
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Kentucky.com
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/9805646.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
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| Author: |
Joe Biesk
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| February 12 2005 |
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Frankfort Cracks Down on Elder Abuse |
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The lead sponsor of an elder abuse bill, Rep. Jimmie Lee, says the bill would guarantee a "full paper trail" on every adult abuse case, including the outcome. "We don't have any way of knowing whatever happened to it [now]," said Lee, D-Elizabethtown. "We don't know whether or not a prosecutor somewhere said there's not sufficient evidence for us to do anything, and they canned it. Under this bill, you have to report every one of those incidents." |
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ABC 13
http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/1255777.html
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| June 06 2005 |
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Bill takes aim at growing problem of elder abuse |
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Recap of newly-passed legislation that calls for the elder abuse training of court officials, prosecutors, assistant prosecutors, and victims advocates, and designates the Cabinet for Families and Children as the agency primarily responsible for the provision of protective services. Notes that "[d]eath of an adult does not relieve a person of the responsibility to report the circumstances surrounding the death." In addition, the cabinet "will develop standardized procedures for notifying appropriate authorized agencies when an investigation begins and when conditions justify notification." |
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Maysville Online
http://www.maysville-online.com/articles/2005/06/06/local_news/332elderabuse.txt
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Danetta Barker
Danetta.Barker@lee.net |
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