People with disabilities: victims of crime.

Existing law addresses aspects of the jurisdiction of state agencies and law enforcement in regard to long-term care facilities and elder and dependent adult abuse, as specified. This bill would further specify the jurisdiction of various state agencies and of law enforcement in regard to investigating those facilities and that conduct. Existing law regulates the investigation and prosecution of crimes against a dependent adult, which is defined to include a person who is between 18 and 64 years of age, inclusive, and who has a physical or mental limitation which restricts his or her ability, or substantially restricts his or her ability, to carry out normal activities or to protect his or her rights, including, but not limited to, a person who has a physical or developmental disability or whose physical or mental abilities have diminished, or significantly diminished, because of age. Under existing law, the term also includes any person between 18 and 64 years of age, inclusive, who is admitted as an inpatient to certain 24-hour health facilities. Existing law authorizes any county to establish an interagency elder death review team to assist local agencies in identifying and reviewing suspicious elder deaths and facilitating communications among persons who perform autopsies and persons involved in the investigation or reporting of elder abuse or neglect. Existing law establishes procedures for the sharing or disclosure of information by elder death review teams. This bill would rename these teams "elder and dependent adult death review teams" and would expand the authority of these teams to cover dependent adult death, abuse, and neglect, as specified. Existing law provides for the training of peace officers. This bill would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse to consult with each other and with other subject matter experts when producing new or updated training materials relating to elder and dependent adult abuse, as specified. Existing law provides for the creation of an advisory committee responsible for developing a course of training for district attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases, child sexual exploitation cases, and child sexual abuse cases. Existing law requires that the courses shall include training in the unique emotional trauma experienced by victims of these crimes. Existing law requires that the committee shall consist of 11 members of which 6 shall be public members appointed by the Commission on the Status of Women, as specified. This bill would require that one of the appointees of the Commission on the Status of Women be an expert on crimes against persons with disabilities or other representative of the disability community, appointed as specified. Existing law provides that each county shall establish an emergency response adult protective services program that shall provide in-person response, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, to reports of abuse of an elder or dependent adult, as specified. This bill would make technical changes to those provisions.