Adopted by House 4-1-2009
HB2788 H JUD AMT 3-27
"A BILL to amend and reenact §61-2-29 of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding
thereto a new section, designated §61-2-29a, all relating to a
care giver causing financial harm or physical injury to an
incapacitated adult; defining terms; establishing and revising
criminal penalties for neglect and abuse causing injury and
serious injury to an incapacitated adult; and revising current
penalties for misappropriation or misuse of funds or assets of an
incapacitated adult."