Protección de adultos vulnerables contra la explotación

Explicación Simple

Esta ley ayuda a proteger a las personas mayores o con discapacidades de ser forzadas a trabajar para otros. Si alguien se aprovecha de ellos, puede enfrentar consecuencias graves.

Es como cuando un niño es obligado a hacer los deberes de otro solo porque este es más fuerte o tiene más poder. Eso no está bien y la ley quiere evitarlo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que María, una mujer mayor, vive sola y su vecino, Juan, empieza a visitarla con frecuencia. Juan la convence para que le dé su dinero a cambio de 'ayuda', aprovechándose de su confianza. Este comportamiento podría ser sancionado bajo esta ley.

Penalidades

Prisión de hasta 364 días o multa de hasta $3,000, o ambas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(ii) forces, compels, coerces, or entices a vulnerable adult against the vulnerable adult's will to perform services for the profit or advantage of another; or (iii) establishes a relationship with a fiduciary obligation to a vulnerable adult by use of undue influence, harassment, duress, force, compulsion, coercion, or other enticement. (a) Nothing in this section requires a facility or caregiver to provide financial management or supervise financial management for a vulnerable adult except as otherwise required by law. (b) If the actor knew or had reason to know that the vulnerable adult lacked capacity to consent, consent is not a defense to a violation of this section. A person who violates subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), item (i), may be sentenced as provided in section609.52, subdivision 3. A person who violates subdivision 1, clause (2), item (ii) or (iii), may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. In any prosecution under this section, the value of the money or property or services received by the defendant within any six-month period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying the provisions of subdivision 3; provided that when two or more offenses are committed by the same person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one of the offenses was committed for all of the offenses aggregated under this subdivision.