16.1(1)If an adult under protection or a senior in a facility, caregiver’s home, group home, or other home or place in which the adult or senior is placed under an Act of the Legislature, asks to communicate with the Advocate, the person in charge of the facility shall immediately forward the request to the Advocate.

16.1(2)Despite any other Act, if an adult under protection or a senior in a facility referred to in subsection (1) writes a letter addressed to the Advocate, the person in charge of the facility shall immediately forward the unopened letter to the Advocate.