The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code heard SB 249 authored by Sen. M. Young creating a new criminal offense for the exploitation of dependents and endangered adults. The bill provides a person commits exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult if the person recklessly uses or exerts control over the personal services or property of an endangered adult. The bill further provides that a person in a position of trust commits exploitation of a dependent or endangered adult if the person recklessly engages in self-dealing with the property of the dependent or endangered adult.
The Indiana Health Care Association; Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council; Wings Adult Guardianship Taskforce; and Alzheimer’s Association testified in support. The Indiana Public Defender Council testified in opposition. The bill passed 8-0.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/249