§ 71-6-112. Funding
The cost of the administration of this part and the provision of the services hereby authorized shall be limited to the amount of funds specifically appropriated for such purposes by the general assembly.
§ 71-6-113. Cooperation by Other Departments — Specialized Care
It is the legislative intent that the departments of mental health and substance abuse services, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and health, or their successor agencies, shall assist the department of human services with providing the services required under this part. When the department of human services is unable to find a resource for any person […]
§ 71-6-114. Jurisdiction and Venue
The circuit, general sessions, and chancery courts have jurisdiction of proceedings arising under this part. Probate courts in counties having a population of not less than seven hundred seventy-five thousand (775,000) according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit and chancery courts. A proceeding under […]
§ 71-6-115. Cooperation by Law Enforcement Officials
It is the legislative intent that law enforcement officials shall cooperate with the department of human services in providing protective services under this part. Further, when the department is unable to return an adult to physical custody who voluntarily leaves such custody, law enforcement officials shall assist in returning the adult to such physical custody […]
§ 71-6-116. Motion for Review of Court Decree
Either party to a proceeding under this part, or any interested person on behalf of the adult subject to such a proceeding, may file a motion for review of the decree of the court at any time.
§ 71-6-118. Confidentiality of Information, Reports and Proceedings — Penalties
The identity of a person who reports abuse, neglect, or exploitation, as those terms are defined in § 71-6-102, as required under this part, is confidential and may not be revealed except as otherwise provided in this section or upon an order by a court with jurisdiction under this part for good cause shown. The […]
§ 71-6-120. Right of Elderly Person or Disabled Adult to Recover for Abuse or Neglect, Sexual Abuse, Exploitation, or Theft
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Capacity to consent” means the mental ability to make a rational decision, which includes the ability to perceive, appreciate all relevant facts and to reach a rational judgment upon such facts; or to make and carry out reasonable decisions concerning the person or the person’s […]
§ 71-6-121. Posting of Contact Information on Adult Protective Service
All offices of physicians licensed pursuant to title 63, chapter 6 or 9, all health care facilities licensed pursuant to title 68, chapter 11, all senior centers, all community centers and all pharmacies shall post the following in the main public entrance: Contact information including the statewide toll-free number of the division of adult protective […]
§ 71-6-110. Violation of Duty to Report
Any person who fails to make reasonable efforts to make a report required by this chapter or § 39-15-509(a) commits a Class A misdemeanor.
§ 71-6-111. Authority and Responsibility of Department
It is the legislative intent that the protective services set out in this part be provided and that the department have present authority to provide or to arrange for the provision of the same. However, the provision of the services is subject to budgetary limitations and the availability of funds appropriated for the general provision […]