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House amends and advances bill to align adult protective services with federal rule
Summary
H.582 updates Vermont's adult protective-services statutes to incorporate caregiver negligence as a form of maltreatment, clarifies definitions and appeal timelines, and was amended and ordered to third reading after committee backing.
Representative Noyes, speaking for the Human Services Committee, presented H.582 during second reading, saying the bill updates Vermont law to comply with a new federal rule that requires states to include caregiver negligence as a form of maltreatment in adult protective-service (APS) programs. "A new federal rule requires that all states' APS programs include…
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