Action Alert: Please Ask the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Members to OPPOSE SB357, Which Seeks to Violate the Privacy of Vulnerable Citizens
TEXT OF SB357 -Adult Protective Services – Vulnerable Adults Registry – Investigations and Records of Abuse and Neglect and Workgroup Study
Establishing certain requirements and procedures relating to the reporting, disclosure, investigation, and appeal of civil allegations and findings of abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults; authorizing the Social Services Administration to establish and maintain a centralized confidential database for abused and neglected vulnerable adults; establishing a Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland; etc.
why icm OPPOSES SB357
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Service providers who commit abuse or neglect must be subject to appropriate disciplinary action, including removal from care-giving settings and/or criminal prosecution when appropriate. No registry of victims is necessary to take appropriate action to protect them.
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Victims captured in this registry may not be adequately informed that their identity is being tracked in a database, or able to give informed consent to have their personal data captured and stored.
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There is no way to ensure the privacy or security of the data captured in such a database; the data could be hacked, released, or sold in the future without adequate informed consent to those victims whose personal data was breached.
- Ultimately there is no way to ensure that any database of individuals will remain confidential in perpetuity.
Who to contact about SB357
There will be a hearing for SB357 before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Tuesday, 2/9/22 at 1:00 PM.
URGENT: We’re asking all members to contact bill sponsors Senator Benson, Senator Patterson, Senator Elfreth, Senator Klausmeier, Senator King, Senator Snydor, Senator Beidle, Senator Young, Senator Griffith, and Senator Watson, and call and email the members of Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, to let them know, in your own words, why you oppose SB357.
Please contact the following bill sponsors, Senator Benson, Senator Patterson, Senator Elfreth, Senator Klausmeier, Senator King, Senator Snydor, Senator Beidle, Senator Young, Senator Griffith, and Senator Watson to express your opposition.
Senator Joanne C. Benson
Phone 410-841-3148 | 301-858-3148 Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3148
e-mail: joanne.benson@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of hers – in District 24 – let her know!
Phone 410-841-3092 | 301-858-3092
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3092
e-mail: obie.patterson@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of his – in District 26 – let him know!
Phone 410-841-3578 | 301-858-3578
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3578
e-mail: sarah.elfreth@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of hers – in District 30 – let her know!
Phone 410-841-3620 | 301-858-3620
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3620
e-mail: katherine.klausmeier@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of hers – in District 8 – let her know!
Phone 410-841-3686 | 301-858-3686
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3686
e-mail: nancy.king@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of hers – in District 39 – let her know!
Senator Charles E. Sydnor, III
Phone 410-841-3612 | 301-858-3612
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3612
email: charles.sydnor@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of his – in District 44 – let him know!
Phone 410-841-3593 | 301-970-3593
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3593
e-mail: pamela.beidle@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of hers – in District 32 – let her know!
Phone 410-841-3575 | 301-858-3575
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3575
e-mail: ronald.young@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of his – in District 3 – let him know!
Phone 410-841-3127 | 301-858-3127
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3127
e-mail: melony.griffith@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of hers – in District 25 – let her know!
Phone 410-841-3631 | 301-858-3631
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3631
email: ron.watson@senate.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of his – in District 23 – let him know!
Please copy and paste the following email addresses of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee members into the BCC section of your email in opposition to SB357:
will.smith@senate.state.md.us, jeff.waldstreicher@senate.state.md.us, jack.bailey@senate.state.md.us, jill.carter@senate.state.md.us, Bob.Cassilly@senate.state.md.us, shelly.hettleman@senate.state.md.us, michael.hough@senate.state.md.us, susan.lee@senate.state.md.us, chris.west@senate.state.md.us
Please call the offices of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee members in opposition to SB357:
Phone 410-841-3634 | 301-858-3634
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3634
Phone 410-841-3137 | 301-858-3137
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3137
Phone 410-841-3673 | 301-858-3673
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3673
Phone 410-841-3697 | 301-858-3697
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3697
Phone 410-841-3158 | 301-858-3158
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3158
Phone 410-841-3131 | 301-858-3131
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3131
Phone 410-841-3704 | 301-858-3704
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3704
Phone 410-841-3124 | 301-858-3124
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3124
Phone 410-841-3648 | 301-858-3648
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3648
Please note: Rules for submitting written and oral testimony have changed this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, and can be viewed here. We’re asking members for phone calls, emails, and written testimony only at this time.
Please spread the word! Let’s flood the offices of SB357 bill sponsors and the Senate Judicial Proceedings committee members with polite, respectful, forceful emails and phone calls. They need to hear our voices!
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