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March 14, 2009

Nevad Considers Tracking Elder Abuse in Statewide Database (NV. USA)

Nevada considers tracking elder abuse in statewide database

March 13, 2009

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers are being urged to approve a registry tracking people who abuse and neglect the elderly.

But they have also been warned that the plan could violate due process rights of those in the registry and compromise victims' privacy.

AB8 would require the state Department of Health and Human Services to maintain the statewide registry. Currently, police officers and adult protective services staffers must report
suspected abuse, but those reports aren't kept in a central database.

Assemblywoman Kathy McClain says that tracking people accused of abuse would help reduce the likelihood that they would be hired by a nursing home. McClain said more than 4,700 people age 60 or over were victims of abuse last year in Nevada.


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