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| 2 adult abuse, the department of human services or an 3 agency approved by the department shall complete an 4 assessment of necessary services and shall make 5 appropriate referrals for receipt of these services. 6 The assessment shall include interviews with the 7 dependent adult, and, if appropriate, with the alleged 8 perpetrator of the dependent adult abuse and with any 9 person believed to have knowledge of the circumstances 10 of the case. The department may provide necessary 11 protective services and may establish a sliding fee 12 schedule for those persons able to pay a portion of 13 the protective services. 14 Sec. 3. Section 235B.6, subsection 2, paragraph c, 15 Code 2003, is amended by adding the following new 16 subparagraph: 17 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (8) An employee of an agency 18 requested by the department to provide case management 19 or other services to the dependent adult. 20 Sec. 4. Section 235B.6, subsection 2, paragraph e, 21 Code 2003, is amended by adding the following new 22 subparagraph: 23 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (10) The long-term care 24 resident's advocate if the victim resides in a long- 25 term care facility or the alleged perpetrator is an 26 employee of a long-term care facility. 27 Sec. 5. Section 235B.6, subsection 3, Code 2003, 28 is amended to read as follows: 29 3. Access to unfounded dependent adult abuse 30 information is authorized only to those persons 31 identified in subsection 2, paragraph "a", paragraph 32 "b", subparagraphs (2), (5), and (6), and paragraph 33 "e", subparagraph subparagraphs (2) and (10). 34 Sec. 6. Section 235B.9, subsections 1, 2, and 3, 35 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows: 36 1. Dependent adult abuse information relating to a 37 particular case of suspected dependent adult abuse 38 which is determined by a preponderance of the evidence 39 to be founded, shall be sealed ten years after the 40 receipt of the initial report of such abuse by the 41 registry unless good cause is shown why the 42 information should remain open to authorized access. 43 If a subsequent report of a suspected case of founded 44 dependent adult abuse involving the adult named in the 45 initial report as the victim of abuse or a person 46 named in such report as having abused an adult is 47 received by the registry within the ten-year period, 48 the information shall be sealed ten years after 49 receipt of the subsequent report unless good cause is 50 shown why the information should remain open to |
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