SB 471

This bill requires the Legislative Audit Bureau to maintain a toll-free

telephone number for the purpose of receiving reports of mismanagement, abuse, or

neglect at the state veterans homes from the veterans homes' employees, residents,

or families of residents. Under the bill, the LAB is required to conduct an

investigation of the report or refer the report to a department to conduct the

investigation. The bill requires the LAB to keep the identity of any informant

confidential unless the informant expressly agrees to the release of records that

reveal the informant's identity. Except as necessary to complete an investigation, the

LAB must keep confidential a report, an investigation of that report, and any

information from that investigation until the investigation is complete.