Numerous cases of suspected elder abuse will continue to fall through the cracks because the Legislature failed to pass a measure that would have broadened state protections for those vulnerable to such harm, the bill’s proponents said yesterday.
The bill faltered in the waning days of the session partly because of concerns about funding.
The measure was designed to plug a gap in the state’s Adult Protective Services system that results in scores of suspected abuse cases going unchecked or unreported because the cases don’t meet the stringent criteria for what the government is authorized to investigate.
