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Vulnerable Adults Study Committee endorses seven recommendations on data, training and workforce; electronic monitoring set for separate public hearing
Summary
The Vulnerable Adults Study Committee voted to adopt seven recommendations urging improved interagency reporting and data systems, expanded training and apprenticeship pathways, a voluntary caregiver registry, and collection of involuntary discharge data; electronic monitoring in assisted living will be the subject of a dedicated public hearing and an addendum to the committee report.
The Vulnerable Adults Study Committee adopted seven recommendations aimed at strengthening reporting, training and workforce systems for long-term care and developmental disability providers and agencies.
House research analyst Ajane Graham presented the proposal package, which urged the legislature to remove barriers to interagency collaboration, invest in state data-technology infrastructure and create an easy-to-use online reporting form and a state standard operating procedure for abuse, neglect and exploitation investigations. Graham also recommended an online database to store and cross-reference reports, a central repository for training and prevention resources, apprenticeship or pathway programs to expand the caregiving workforce, a voluntary registry of paid care providers, and systematic collection and analysis of…
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