§ 837-f-1. Missing vulnerable adults clearinghouse. There is hereby\nestablished within the division a missing vulnerable adults\nclearinghouse to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the\nproblem of missing vulnerable adults.\n 1. For purposes of this section:\n (a) "Vulnerable adult" shall mean an individual eighteen years of age\nor older who has a cognitive impairment, mental disability, or brain\ndisorder and whose disappearance has been determined by law enforcement\nto pose a creditable threat of harm to such missing individual.\n (b) "Missing vulnerable adult alert" shall mean a method to\ndisseminate information regarding a missing vulnerable adult to the\ngeneral public in a manner consistent with paragraph (n) of subdivision\ntwo of this section.\n 2. The commissioner shall be authorized to:\n (a) plan and implement programs to ensure the most effective use of\nfederal, state, and local resources in the investigation of missing\nvulnerable adults;\n (b) disseminate a directory of resources to assist in locating missing\nvulnerable adults;\n (c) cooperate with the department of health, office of mental health,\noffice for people with developmental disabilities, office for the aging,\nand other public and private organizations to develop education and\nprevention programs concerning the safety of vulnerable adults;\n (d) assist federal, state, and local agencies in the investigation of\ncases involving missing vulnerable adults;\n (e) utilize available resources to duplicate photographs and posters\nof vulnerable adults reported as missing by police and disseminate this\ninformation throughout the state;\n (f) provide assistance in returning missing vulnerable adults who are\nlocated out of state;\n (g) develop a curriculum for the training of law enforcement personnel\ninvestigating cases involving missing vulnerable adults, including\nrecognition and management of vulnerable adults;\n (h) operate a toll-free twenty-four hour hotline for the public to use\nto relay information concerning missing vulnerable adults;\n (i) establish a case database that shall include non-identifying\ninformation on reported missing vulnerable adults and facts developed in\nthe phases of a search; and analyze such data for the purposes of\nassisting law enforcement in their current investigations of missing\nvulnerable adults, developing prevention programs and increasing\nunderstanding of the nature and extent of the problem;\n (j) prescribe general guidelines to enable state agencies to assist in\nthe location and recovery of missing vulnerable adults. The guidelines\nshall provide information relating to:\n (i) the form and manner in which materials and information pertaining\nto missing vulnerable adults, including, but not limited to,\nbiographical data and pictures, sketches, or other likenesses, may be\nincluded in stationary, newsletters, and other written or electronic\nprintings, provided such guidelines are consistent with paragraph (n) of\nthis subdivision;\n (ii) appropriate sources from which such materials and information may\nbe obtained;\n (iii) the procedures by which such materials and information may be\nobtained; and\n (iv) any other matter the clearinghouse may deem important;\n (k) maintain and make available to appropriate state and local law\nenforcement agencies information concerning technological advances that\nmay assist in facilitating the recovery of missing vulnerable adults;\n (l) take such other steps as necessary to assist in education,\nprevention, service provision, and investigation of cases involving\nmissing vulnerable adults;\n (m) (i) In consultation with the division of state police and other\nappropriate agencies, develop, regularly update, and distribute model\nmissing vulnerable adult prompt response and notification plans. Such\nplans shall be available for use by local communities and law\nenforcement personnel, and shall involve a proactive, coordinated\
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