House Sponsors: DURKIN-BEAUBIEN-DART AND JOHNSON,TIM. Short description: CRIM PRO-HEARSAY EXCPTN-ELDRLY Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that statements made by an elderly person (a person at least 60 years of age who is suffering from disease or infirmity associated with advanced age and manifested by physical, mental, or emotional dysfunctioning to the extent that the person is incapable of avoiding or preventing the commission of the offense) must be admitted as evidence if the court determines that the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact and the statement is more probative on the point for which it is offered than other evidence that the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts. The court must conduct a hearing outside the presence of the jury and find that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient safeguards of reliability before the statement is admitted into evidence. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 725 ILCS 5/115-21 new Adds reference to: 725 ILCS 5/115-10.3 Deletes the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 relating to the introduction of hearsay testimony. Permits certain hearsay to be admitted into evidence in a prosecution for a physical act upon an eligible adult (now the evidence is limited to prosecutions for abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation perpetrated upon or against the eligible adult who is suffering from mental incapacity or a physical infirmity that prevents the eligible adult's appearance in court). Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status