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Secretary details reforms after deaths during protective‑services investigations; lawmakers press for stronger oversight
Summary
Department of Aging officials told legislators they have reshaped monitoring of Area Agencies on Aging and added verification steps after reviewing protective‑services cases; the secretary provided case counts and said new cooperative agreements include stronger remedies, including possible de‑designation of underperforming AAAs.
Legislators pressed the Department of Aging on how protective‑services investigations for older adults are handled after committee members cited recent news coverage of mishandled cases.
Representative Mullins asked what the department requires when an older adult dies during an investigation and whether AAAs involve law enforcement. Secretary Jason Kovulj said AAAs conduct initial investigations and that state regulation requires notification to the department, the coroner and law enforcement when a death has a nexus to a protective‑services case. He described additional verification…
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