Michigan Laws 487.2091 – Construction of act
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 487.2091
- Adult protective services: means the office, division, or unit under the department of health and human services that is charged with investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable persons under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 487.2083
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Covered financial exploitation: means financial exploitation of an individual through deception, manipulation, coercion, intimidation, or improper leveraging of a caregiver relationship. See Michigan Laws 487.2083
- Financial institution: means a financial institution as defined in section 4 of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 487.2083
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Law enforcement agency: means a police agency of a city, village, township, or county or the Michigan state police. See Michigan Laws 487.2083
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) This act shall not be construed as limiting the responsibilities of a law enforcement agency to enforce the laws of this state or as precluding a law enforcement agency from reporting and investigating, as appropriate, alleged criminal conduct.
(2) This act shall not be construed as limiting the ability or authority of a financial institution to take otherwise lawful actions under local, state, or federal law or private agreement; or to report or prevent fraud or other illegal activity related to its operations or the assets of a member or customer that are held by the financial institution.
(3) This act shall not be construed as restricting or prohibiting a person, other than an individual who is acting as an employee of a financial institution, that suspects or finds that covered financial exploitation of an individual has occurred or is being attempted by another individual from making a report to a law enforcement agency or adult protective services.
(4) This act shall not be construed as limiting the responsibilities of adult protective services to investigate, as appropriate, alleged abuse of any adult in need of protective services, as that term is defined in section 11(b) of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.11.