Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 5 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1.

Present law requires any person to report known or suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult to the department of human services. The identity of the person making the report is generally confidential. Present law requires adult protective services to provide to the district attorney general the identity of the person reporting alleged conduct involving an elderly or vulnerable adult victim upon the return of a criminal indictment or presentment arising from the report and pursuant to written request by the district attorney and entry of a protective order preventing further release of the identity of the person reporting for any purpose other than criminal prosecution. This bill changes present law by requiring the department to provide law enforcement and the district attorney general with the identity of the person reporting the abuse, neglect, or exploitation, and by deleting the provisions of present law that make such person's identity confidential.<br /> <br /> Present law specifies five actions that the department is required to take upon receiving such a report, one of which is to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency in all cases in which the report involves abuse, neglect, or exploitation of the adult by another person or persons. This bill adds a requirement that the department also notify the district attorney general in all such cases.<br />