BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2493| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 2493 Author: Fuller (R) Amended: 4/13/10 in Assembly Vote: 21 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE : 5-0, 6/10/10 AYES: Corbett, Harman, Hancock, Leno, Walters ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/26/10 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Conservators: photograph of missing conservatee SOURCE : County of San Bernardino DIGEST : This bill requires that, upon establishing a conservatorship and each year thereafter, a conservator shall maintain a photograph of the conservatee for identification purposes. ANALYSIS : Existing law authorizes the establishment of a conservatorship over an individual who is unable to provide properly for his/her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter. (Section 1800 et seq. of the Probate Code) Existing law prescribes duties of the conservator. (Section 2350 et seq. of the Probate Code) This bill adds to the duties of a conservator the CONTINUED AB 2493 Page 2 requirement to maintain an annual photograph of the conservatee. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 6/14/10) County of San Bernardino (source) ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "In San Bernardino an unfortunate incident occurred in which a Conservatee from a neighboring county turned up in San Bernardino without any identification or the ability to identify himself. This bill would remedy this situation by requiring conservators to take and maintain up to date photographs of their conservatees. Had this neighboring County had a visual record of its conservatees they may have been able to find and identify him much quicker." The bill's sponsor, the County of San Bernardino, states that this bill is necessary because "[w]andering is a common problem for county public guardian conservatees who suffer from Alzheimer's, dementia or a mental disorder. Conservatees may leave their care facilities and disappear into the adjacent community or even into other counties. At that point, it can become very difficult to find them. Eventually, many wandering conservatees will come to the attention of local law enforcement, who must then try to identify the conservatees who often cannot provide their name or other identifying information." ASSEMBLY FLOOR : AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, AB 2493 Page 3 Niello, Nielsen, Norby, Portantino, Ruskin, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada NO VOTE RECORDED: Arambula, Bass, Furutani, V. Manuel Perez, Salas, John A. Perez, Vacancy RJG:mw 6/14/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****