CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2800Introduced by Assembly Member KalraFebruary 15, 2024 An act to amend Section 15601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to elders and dependent adults.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2800, as introduced, Kalra. Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act.Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes various procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse. Existing law declares the purposes of the act, including, among others, to require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 15601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:15601. The purposes of this act are to: do all of the following:(a) Require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.(b) Collect information on the numbers of abuse victims, circumstances surrounding the act of abuse, and other data which that will aid the state in establishing adequate services to aid all victims of abuse in a timely, timely and compassionate manner.(c) Provide for protection under the law for all those persons who report suspected cases of abuse, provided that as long as the report is not made with malicious intent.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2800Introduced by Assembly Member KalraFebruary 15, 2024 An act to amend Section 15601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to elders and dependent adults.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2800, as introduced, Kalra. Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act.Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes various procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse. Existing law declares the purposes of the act, including, among others, to require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2800
Introduced by Assembly Member KalraFebruary 15, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra
February 15, 2024
An act to amend Section 15601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to elders and dependent adults.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2800, as introduced, Kalra. Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act.
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes various procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse. Existing law declares the purposes of the act, including, among others, to require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes various procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse. Existing law declares the purposes of the act, including, among others, to require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 15601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:15601. The purposes of this act are to: do all of the following:(a) Require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.(b) Collect information on the numbers of abuse victims, circumstances surrounding the act of abuse, and other data which that will aid the state in establishing adequate services to aid all victims of abuse in a timely, timely and compassionate manner.(c) Provide for protection under the law for all those persons who report suspected cases of abuse, provided that as long as the report is not made with malicious intent.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 15601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:15601. The purposes of this act are to: do all of the following:(a) Require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.(b) Collect information on the numbers of abuse victims, circumstances surrounding the act of abuse, and other data which that will aid the state in establishing adequate services to aid all victims of abuse in a timely, timely and compassionate manner.(c) Provide for protection under the law for all those persons who report suspected cases of abuse, provided that as long as the report is not made with malicious intent.
SECTION 1. Section 15601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
15601. The purposes of this act are to: do all of the following:(a) Require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.(b) Collect information on the numbers of abuse victims, circumstances surrounding the act of abuse, and other data which that will aid the state in establishing adequate services to aid all victims of abuse in a timely, timely and compassionate manner.(c) Provide for protection under the law for all those persons who report suspected cases of abuse, provided that as long as the report is not made with malicious intent.
15601. The purposes of this act are to: do all of the following:(a) Require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.(b) Collect information on the numbers of abuse victims, circumstances surrounding the act of abuse, and other data which that will aid the state in establishing adequate services to aid all victims of abuse in a timely, timely and compassionate manner.(c) Provide for protection under the law for all those persons who report suspected cases of abuse, provided that as long as the report is not made with malicious intent.
15601. The purposes of this act are to: do all of the following:(a) Require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.(b) Collect information on the numbers of abuse victims, circumstances surrounding the act of abuse, and other data which that will aid the state in establishing adequate services to aid all victims of abuse in a timely, timely and compassionate manner.(c) Provide for protection under the law for all those persons who report suspected cases of abuse, provided that as long as the report is not made with malicious intent.
15601. The purposes of this act are to: do all of the following:
(a) Require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected cases of abuse of elders and dependent adults adults, and to encourage community members in general to do so.
(b) Collect information on the numbers of abuse victims, circumstances surrounding the act of abuse, and other data which that will aid the state in establishing adequate services to aid all victims of abuse in a timely, timely and compassionate manner.
(c) Provide for protection under the law for all those persons who report suspected cases of abuse, provided that as long as the report is not made with malicious intent.