States’ Incorporation Of The Model Act’s Provisions
1. Reporting
A. Required or Permissive
In the past year, several states have adopted the Model Act’s recommendations, in full or in part. Some states require all persons who reasonably suspect abuse, neglect or exploitation of a senior to report such a suspicion to Adult Protective Services; others, make such reporting permissive. All of the adopting states, however, extend immunity for reporting.
The chart below summarizes the reporting laws adopted by the states as of September 2017:
