Researcher: MF Page 1 3/9/21
OLR Bill Analysis
SB 763
AN ACT REQUIRING DRIVERS OF PARATRANSIT VEHICLES TO
REPORT SUSPECTED ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION OR
ABANDONMENT OF ELDERLY PERSONS.
SUMMARY
This bill adds paratransit vehicle drivers to the list of mandated
reporters who must report to the Department of Social Services when
they have reasonable cause to suspect that an elderly person needs
protective services or has been abused, neglected, exploited, or
abandoned. A paratransit vehicle is a motor bus, taxicab, or other
motor vehicle in livery service that is (1) operated under a Department
of Transportation certificate or by a transit district and (2) on call or on
demand or used to transport passengers for hire.
By law, mandated reporters who fail to report are subject to a fine of
up to $500. Intentional failure to report is a class C misdemeanor for
the first offense, punishable by up to three months in prison, a fine of
up to $500, or both. Subsequent offenses are a class A misdemeanor
punishable by up to one year in prison, a fine of up to $2,000, or both.
The bill also makes technical changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2021
COMMITTEE ACTION
Human Services Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 19 Nay 0 (02/23/2021)