SB 5349 — Concerning elder justice centers.

S-1816.1SECONDS-0411.1SENATE SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5349State of Washington65th Legislature2017 Regular SessionBy Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland, Billig, Rivers, Conway, Keiser, Saldaña, Hasegawa, Frockt, and Kuderer)READKudererRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/24/17.AN01/20/17. ACT Relating to elder justice centers;

Referred to Committee on Health Care.AN ACT Relating to elder justice centers;

The legislature therefore intends to establishadvance twothe demonstration programs for elder justice centerscenter modeledmultidisciplinary onmodel theto state'sdemonstrate children'sthat advocacyit centers,is withan theeffective goaland efficient means of coordinating resourcesstate and increasinglocal resources in order to increase community capacity to prevent and respond to abuse, neglect, and exploitation of Washington's growing population of elders and vulnerable adults.NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 74.34 RCW to read as follows:(1) SubjectThe todepartment shall coordinate the availabilityimplementation of amountsan appropriatedelder forjustice thisdemonstration specificprogram purpose,which themust departmentinclude shallestablishing establishan elder justice center demonstration programs to be operated in countiesSpokane withcounty aand populationexpanding ofthe betweenelder fourjustice hundredcenter thousandlocated andin fiveClark hundredcounty. thousand.

The department mayand contract directly with the counties forshall theenter implementationinto memoranda of theunderstanding demonstrationor programsworking inagreements accordancenecessary withfor the requirementsdemonstration inprogram. this section.

RatherThe thanmemoranda establishand newagreements facilities, the department must givesupport priority to contracting with established elder justice centers to minimize costs and to expand programs that are currently in use or planned in these counties.(2) For the purposes of this section, "elder justice center" means a senior-focusedcollaborative, program that coordinates a multidisciplinary approach to thecreating prevention,local investigation,partnerships, prosecution,pooling and treatment of abandonment,state abuse, neglect, and financiallocal exploitationresources, ofand vulnerableestablishing adults.(3)local Theprotocols elder justice centers must coordinate access to servicesachieve including,shared butgoals notaimed limitedat to,the advocacyprevention and caseinvestigation reviewof byvulnerable multidisciplinary teams that include, but are not limited to, adult protectiveabandonment, services,abuse, lawneglect, enforcement officers, a prosecuting attorney, a victim advocate, and afinancial programexploitation. coordinator.

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TheTo protocol must be developed by the countygreatest prosecutingextent attorneyfeasible, with the assistancememoranda of theunderstanding otherunder entities named in this subsection.(5)section Theshould departmentassure shallcoordinated submit,access into complianceservices withincluding, RCWbut 43.01.036,not thelimited followingto, reportsadvocacy toand thecase governorreview andby themultidisciplinary legislature:(a)teams Bythat Januaryinclude, 10,but 2018,are anot brieflimited progressto, reportadult describingprotective theservices, statuslaw ofenforcement implementationofficers, ata theprosecuting elderattorney, justicea centers;(b)victim Byadvocate, Januaryrepresentation 10,from 2019,a anlocal interimguardianship reportprogram, outliningif theavailable, structure and operationa ofprogram thecoordinator. elder justice centers;

Multidisciplinary teams also may include additional community-based agencies and systems that are involved with the prevention and response to elder abandonment, abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation.(3) The department shall submit, in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the following reports to the governor and the legislature:(a) By January 10, 2018, a brief progress report describing the status of implementation at both elder justice centers;(b) By January 10, 2019, an interim report outlining the structure and operation of both elder justice centers;