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Public Act 096-1103
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| SB3267 Enrolled | LRB096 18611 KTG 33993 b |
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AN ACT concerning aging.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Elder Abuse and Neglect Act is amended by |
changing Section 3.5 as follows:
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(320 ILCS 20/3.5) |
Sec. 3.5. Other Responsibilities. The Department shall |
also be
responsible for the following activities, contingent |
upon adequate funding: |
(a) promotion of a wide range of endeavors for the purpose |
of preventing
elder abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, |
and self-neglect in both domestic and
institutional settings, |
including, but not limited to, promotion of public
and |
professional education to increase awareness of elder abuse, |
neglect,
financial exploitation, and self-neglect, to increase |
reports, and to improve response by
various legal, financial, |
social, and health systems; |
(b) coordination of efforts with other agencies, councils, |
and like
entities, to include but not be limited to, the Office |
of the Attorney General,
the State Police, the Illinois Law |
Enforcement Training Standards
Board, the State Triad, the |
Illinois Criminal Justice Information
Authority, the
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Departments of Public Health, Public Aid, and Human Services, |
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the Family
Violence Coordinating Council, the Illinois |
Violence Prevention Authority,
and other
entities which may |
impact awareness of, and response to, elder abuse, neglect,
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financial exploitation, and self-neglect; |
(c) collection and analysis of data; |
(d) monitoring of the performance of regional |
administrative agencies and
elder abuse provider agencies; |
(e) promotion of prevention activities; |
(f) establishing and coordinating an aggressive training |
program on the unique
nature of elder abuse cases with other |
agencies, councils, and like entities,
to include but not be |
limited to the Office of the Attorney General, the
State |
Police, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, |
the
State Triad, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information |
Authority, the State
Departments of Public Health, Public Aid, |
and Human Services, the Family
Violence Coordinating Council, |
the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority,
and other entities |
that may impact awareness of and response to elder
abuse, |
neglect, financial exploitation, and self-neglect; |
(g) solicitation of financial institutions for the purpose |
of making
information available to the general public warning |
of financial exploitation
of the elderly and related financial |
fraud or abuse, including such
information and warnings |
available through signage or other written
materials provided |
by the Department on the premises of such financial
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institutions, provided that the manner of displaying or |
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distributing such
information is subject to the sole discretion |
of each financial institution;
and |
(g-1) developing by joint rulemaking with the Department of |
Financial and Professional Regulation minimum training |
standards which shall be used by financial institutions for |
their current and new employees with direct customer contact; |
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall |
retain sole visitation and enforcement authority under this |
subsection (g-1); the Department of Financial and Professional |
Regulation shall provide bi-annual reports to the Department |
setting forth aggregate statistics on the training programs |
required under this subsection (g-1); and |
(h) coordinating efforts with utility and electric |
companies to send
notices in utility bills to
explain to |
persons 60 years of age or older
their rights regarding |
telemarketing and home repair fraud. |
(Source: P.A. 93-300, eff. 1-1-04; 93-301, eff. 1-1-04; |
94-1064, eff. 1-1-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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