Saturday, December 11, 2010
State Representative To File Bill To Create Adult Abuse Registry
KENTUCKY....
In Kentucky, employers can check a state registry to see whether social workers have found that a specific job applicant has abused or neglected children, but the state has no such list of people who social workers have found abused or neglected adults. State Representative Ruth Ann Palumbo, D-Lexington, says she will try to fix in a bill to be pre-filed next week for the 2011 General Assembly to address the deficiency. Governor Steve Beshear recently called for an adult abuse registry to protect vulnerable elderly or developmentally disabled adults. Palumbo said the legislation she plans to file would require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a registry listing each person against whom a charge of abuse, neglect or exploitation of an adult has been substantiated by the cabinet. A person would not be placed on the list unless all administrative appeals had been completed and the finding had been upheld. Facilities or programs licensed or certified by the cabinet could not hire or use volunteer services from anyone on the registry. Similar legislation sponsored by Palumbo did not pass in the 2010 General Assembly.
In Kentucky, employers can check a state registry to see whether social workers have found that a specific job applicant has abused or neglected children, but the state has no such list of people who social workers have found abused or neglected adults. State Representative Ruth Ann Palumbo, D-Lexington, says she will try to fix in a bill to be pre-filed next week for the 2011 General Assembly to address the deficiency. Governor Steve Beshear recently called for an adult abuse registry to protect vulnerable elderly or developmentally disabled adults. Palumbo said the legislation she plans to file would require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a registry listing each person against whom a charge of abuse, neglect or exploitation of an adult has been substantiated by the cabinet. A person would not be placed on the list unless all administrative appeals had been completed and the finding had been upheld. Facilities or programs licensed or certified by the cabinet could not hire or use volunteer services from anyone on the registry. Similar legislation sponsored by Palumbo did not pass in the 2010 General Assembly.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:37 PM 
