To expand and clarify the definitions of "vulnerable adult" and "financial exploitation," to include various acts such as accepting payment for services not provided; inducing a person to make gifts or bequests , or solicting gofts, loans or use of property. The bill also authorizes the department of social and health services to share certain reports with federal, state or local agencies and tribes, and authorizes the department of social and health services' adult protective services division to enter into agreements with federally recognized tribes to investigate reports of abuse.(Companion: SB 5042).   Official Text and Analysis.

Removes a provision allowing sharing of investigation information among government and other entities; revises the definition of "financial exploitation" to remove a more detailed definition of property and to include a list of three specific examples constituting financial exploitation; requires that the Department provide a notice of rights to vulnerable adults whose cases are under investigation; specifies that the Department and its employees are not liable for injuries caused by tribes' actions or failures to act, rather than not being jointly or severally liable; and standardizes language throughout the act.

To prohibit wrongful control over or withholding of a vulnerable adult's property and gives examples of situations constituting financial exploitation. Requires the Department of Social and Health Services (Department) to provide a statement of rights to vulnerable adults whose cases are under investigation. Provides standards for the Department to agree with federally recognized tribes to investigate reported abuse or financial exploitation on tribal land.