Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 6916
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 6916
- Abuse: means :
- Adult: means any individual who is 18 years of age or older. See
- Alleged victim: means the individual who is alleged to have been abused, neglected, or exploited by the alleged perpetrator. See
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living. See
- Department: means the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living. See
- Exploitation: means :
- Expungement: means the removal of an individual's name and associated identifying information from the Adult Abuse Registry. See
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Maltreatment: means abuse, neglect, or exploitation as defined in this section. See
- Neglect: means purposeful, knowing, or reckless failure or omission by a caregiver that has resulted in, or could be expected to result in, physical or psychological harm, including a failure or omission to:
- Protective services: means services, actions, measures, or interventions that are intended, through voluntary agreement or through appropriate court action, to prevent further neglect, abuse, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult. See
- Report: means the statements provided to Adult Protective Services from a reporter alleging that a vulnerable adult has been abused, neglected, or exploited. See
- Substantiated: means that the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee has determined, after the investigation, that a report demonstrates, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the vulnerable adult has been abused, neglected, or exploited by the alleged perpetrator. See
- Unsubstantiated: means that an investigation has been conducted without a recommendation of substantiation. See
- Vulnerable adult: means any person 18 years of age or older who:
§ 6916. Annual report
On or before January 15 of each year, and notwithstanding the provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d), the Department shall report to the House Committee on Human Services and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare regarding the Department’s adult protective services activities during the previous fiscal year, including:
(1) the number of reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult that the Department’s Adult Protective Services program received during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(2) the Adult Protective Services program’s timeliness in responding to reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult during the previous fiscal year, including the median number of days it took the program to make a screening decision;
(3) the number of reports received during the previous fiscal year that required a field screen to determine vulnerability and the percentage of field screens that were completed within 10 calendar days;
(4) the number of reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult that were received from a facility licensed by the Department’s Division of Licensing and Protection during the previous fiscal year;
(5) the numbers and percentages of reports received during the previous fiscal year by each reporting method, including by telephone, e-mail, Internet, facsimile, and other means;
(6) the number of investigations opened during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(7) the number and percentage of investigations during the previous fiscal year in which the alleged victim was a resident of a facility licensed by the Department’s Division of Licensing and Protection;
(8) data regarding the types of maltreatment experienced by alleged victims during the previous fiscal year, including:
(A) the percentage of investigations that involved multiple types of allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, or a combination;
(B) the numbers and percentages of unsubstantiated investigations by type of maltreatment; and
(C) the numbers and percentages of recommended substantiations by type of maltreatment;
(9) the Department’s timeliness in completing investigations during the previous fiscal year, including both unsubstantiated and recommended substantiated investigations;
(10) data on Adult Protective Services program investigator caseloads, including:
(A) average daily caseloads during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(B) average daily open investigations statewide during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(C) average numbers of completed investigations per investigator during the previous fiscal year; and
(D) average numbers of completed investigations per week during the previous fiscal year;
(11) the number of reviews of screening decisions not to investigate, including the number and percentage of these decisions that were upheld during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(12) the number of reviews of investigations that resulted in an unsubstantiation, including the number and percentage of these unsubstantiations that were upheld during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(13) the number of appeals of recommendations of substantiation that concluded with the Commissioner, including the number and percentage of these recommendations that the Commissioner upheld during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(14) the number of appeals of recommendations of substantiation that concluded with the Human Services Board, including the numbers and percentages of these recommendations that the Board upheld during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(15) the number of appeals of recommendations of substantiation that concluded with the Vermont Supreme Court, including the numbers and percentages of these recommendations that the Court upheld during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years;
(16) the number of expungement requests received during the previous fiscal year, including the number of requests that resulted in removal of an individual from the Adult Abuse Registry;
(17) the number of individuals placed on the Adult Abuse Registry during the previous fiscal year and comparisons with the two prior fiscal years; and
(18) the number of individuals removed from the Adult Abuse Registry during the previous fiscal year. (Added 2019, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 5, 2020.)