Bill > H4074

This bill aims to protect persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities from abuse. The key provisions are: 1. It establishes a registry of care providers who have been found to have committed "registrable abuse" against persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Care providers whose names are on this registry are prohibited from being hired or retained by the Department of Developmental Services or other employers. 2. It requires the Disabled Persons Protection Commission to maintain the registry, provide notification to care providers of their right to appeal, and conduct annual audits to ensure compliance. 3. It allows care providers to petition to have their names removed from the registry after 5 years, if they can demonstrate that it is no longer in the interest of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities to exclude them. 4. It applies the new registry requirements retroactively to all substantiated findings of registrable abuse made on or after November 2, 2020.

Budget and Finance

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4074