§ 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.)