1. The Department of Human Services; or

2. The municipal police department or sheriff's office in the county in which the suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation occurred.

1. Physicians;

2. Operators of emergency response vehicles and other medical professionals;

3. Social workers and mental health professionals;

4. Law enforcement officials;

5. Staff of domestic violence programs;

6. Long-term care facility personnel, including staff of nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICFs/IID), assisted living facilities, and residential care facilities;

7. Other health care professionals;

8. Persons entering into transactions with a caretaker or other person who has assumed the role of financial management for a vulnerable adult;

9. Staff of residential care facilities, group homes, or employment settings for individuals with intellectual disabilities;

10. Job coaches, community service workers, and personal care assistants; and

11. Municipal employees.

C. 1. If the report is not made in writing in the first instance, as soon as possible after it is initially made by telephone or otherwise, the report shall be reduced to writing by the Department of Human Services, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Director of Human Services, or the local municipal police or sheriff's department whichever entity received the initial report. The report shall contain the following information:

2. If federal law specifically prohibits the disclosure of any of the information required by this subsection, that information may be excluded from the report.

F. 1. Any person participating in good faith and exercising due care in the making of a report pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from the report.

2. The same immunity from any civil or criminal liability shall also be extended to previous employers of a person employed to be responsible for the care of a vulnerable adult, who in good faith report to new employers or prospective employers of such caretaker any misconduct of the caretaker including, but not limited to, abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, whether confirmed or not.

H. 1. Every physician or other health care professional making a report concerning the abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, as required by this section, or examining a vulnerable adult to determine the likelihood of abuse, neglect or exploitation, and every hospital in which a vulnerable adult is examined or treated for abuse, neglect or exploitation shall disclose necessary health information related to the case and provide, upon request by either the Department of Human Services or the local municipal police or sheriff's department receiving the initial report, copies of the results or the records of the examination on which the report was based, and any other clinical notes, x-rays or photographs and other health information which is related to the case if:

2. If federal law specifically prohibits the disclosure of any of the information required by this subsection, that information may be excluded from the disclosed health information.