Establishes Justice Center for the Protection of Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
This bill establishes a new Justice Center to handle complaints of abuse, neglect, and exploitation against individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) in state-licensed or operated residential and day habilitation facilities. It directly affects people with IDD living in these settings and their caregivers, by centralizing investigations currently managed by the Department of Human Services and Department of Children and Families into an independent Justice Center. The key mechanism shifts oversight to this new entity, modeled after New York's system, to improve complaint processing and investigations. The bill aims to better protect the safety and rights of IDD individuals as outlined in the state constitution and previous legislation.
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Dec 2025
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Introduced Dec 4, 2025
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee
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Alex Sauickie
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