Sen. Jil Tracy

Filed: 5/17/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2858

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2858 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Adult Protective Services Act is amended
5by changing Sections 2, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 5, and 8 as follows:
 
6    (320 ILCS 20/2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6602)
7    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8context requires otherwise:
9    (a) "Abandonment" means the desertion or willful forsaking
10of an eligible adult by an individual responsible for the care
11and custody of that eligible adult under circumstances in
12which a reasonable person would continue to provide care and
13custody. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mean that an
14eligible adult is a victim of abandonment because of health
15care services provided or not provided by licensed health care
16professionals.

 

 

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1    (a-1) "Abuse" means causing any physical, mental or sexual
2injury to an eligible adult, including exploitation of such
3adult's financial resources, and abandonment.
4    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mean that an
5eligible adult is a victim of abuse, abandonment, neglect, or
6self-neglect for the sole reason that he or she is being
7furnished with or relies upon treatment by spiritual means
8through prayer alone, in accordance with the tenets and
9practices of a recognized church or religious denomination.
10    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mean that an
11eligible adult is a victim of abuse because of health care
12services provided or not provided by licensed health care
13professionals.
14    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mean that an
15eligible adult is a victim of abuse in cases of criminal
16activity by strangers, telemarketing scams, consumer fraud,
17internet fraud, home repair disputes, complaints against a
18homeowners' association, or complaints between landlords and
19tenants.
20    (a-5) "Abuser" means a person who is a family member,
21caregiver, or another person who has a continuing relationship
22with the eligible adult and abuses, abandons, neglects, or
23financially exploits an eligible adult.
24    (a-6) "Adult with disabilities" means a person aged 18
25through 59 who resides in a domestic living situation and
26whose disability as defined in subsection (c-5) impairs his or

 

 

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1her ability to seek or obtain protection from abuse,
2abandonment, neglect, or exploitation.
3    (a-7) "Caregiver" means a person who either as a result of
4a family relationship, voluntarily, or in exchange for
5compensation has assumed responsibility for all or a portion
6of the care of an eligible adult who needs assistance with
7activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily
8living.
9    (b) "Department" means the Department on Aging of the
10State of Illinois.
11    (c) "Director" means the Director of the Department.
12    (c-5) "Disability" means a physical or mental disability,
13including, but not limited to, a developmental disability, an
14intellectual disability, a mental illness as defined under the
15Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, or dementia
16as defined under the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act.
17    (d) "Domestic living situation" means a residence where
18the eligible adult at the time of the report lives alone or
19with his or her family or a caregiver, or others, or other
20community-based unlicensed facility, but is not:
21        (1) A licensed facility as defined in Section 1-113 of
22    the Nursing Home Care Act;
23        (1.5) A facility licensed under the ID/DD Community
24    Care Act;
25        (1.6) A facility licensed under the MC/DD Act;
26        (1.7) A facility licensed under the Specialized Mental

 

 

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1    Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013;
2        (2) A "life care facility" as defined in the Life Care
3    Facilities Act;
4        (3) A home, institution, or other place operated by
5    the federal government or agency thereof or by the State
6    of Illinois;
7        (4) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution, the
8    principal activity or business of which is the diagnosis,
9    care, and treatment of human illness through the
10    maintenance and operation of organized facilities
11    therefor, which is required to be licensed under the
12    Hospital Licensing Act;
13        (5) A "community living facility" as defined in the
14    Community Living Facilities Licensing Act;
15        (6) (Blank);
16        (7) A "community-integrated living arrangement" as
17    defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
18    Licensure and Certification Act or a "community
19    residential alternative" as licensed under that Act;
20        (8) An assisted living or shared housing establishment
21    as defined in the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act;
22    or
23        (9) A supportive living facility as described in
24    Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
25    (e) "Eligible adult" means either an adult with
26disabilities aged 18 through 59 or a person aged 60 or older

 

 

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1who resides in a domestic living situation and is, or is
2alleged to be, abused, abandoned, neglected, or financially
3exploited by another individual or who neglects himself or
4herself. "Eligible adult" also includes an adult who resides
5in any of the facilities that are excluded from the definition
6of "domestic living situation" under paragraphs (1) through
7(9) of subsection (d), if either: (i) the alleged abuse,
8abandonment, or neglect occurs outside of the facility and not
9under facility supervision and the alleged abuser is a family
10member, caregiver, or another person who has a continuing
11relationship with the adult; or (ii) the alleged financial
12exploitation is perpetrated by a family member, caregiver, or
13another person who has a continuing relationship with the
14adult, but who is not an employee of the facility where the
15adult resides.
16    (f) "Emergency" means a situation in which an eligible
17adult is living in conditions presenting a risk of death or
18physical, mental or sexual injury and the provider agency has
19reason to believe the eligible adult is unable to consent to
20services which would alleviate that risk.
21    (f-1) "Financial exploitation" means the use of an
22eligible adult's resources by another to the disadvantage of
23that adult or the profit or advantage of a person other than
24that adult.
25    (f-3) "Investment advisor" means any person required to
26register as an investment adviser or investment adviser

 

 

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1representative under Section 8 of the Illinois Securities Law
2of 1953, which for purposes of this Act excludes any bank,
3trust company, savings bank, or credit union, or their
4respective employees.
5    (f-5) "Mandated reporter" means any of the following
6persons while engaged in carrying out their professional
7duties:
8        (1) a professional or professional's delegate while
9    engaged in: (i) social services, (ii) law enforcement,
10    (iii) education, (iv) the care of an eligible adult or
11    eligible adults, or (v) any of the occupations required to
12    be licensed under the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act, the
13    Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Clinical Social
14    Work and Social Work Practice Act, the Illinois Dental
15    Practice Act, the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act, the
16    Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act, the Medical
17    Practice Act of 1987, the Naprapathic Practice Act, the
18    Nurse Practice Act, the Nursing Home Administrators
19    Licensing and Disciplinary Act, the Illinois Occupational
20    Therapy Practice Act, the Illinois Optometric Practice Act
21    of 1987, the Pharmacy Practice Act, the Illinois Physical
22    Therapy Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987,
23    the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, the
24    Respiratory Care Practice Act, the Professional Counselor
25    and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice
26    Act, the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

 

 

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1    Practice Act, the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice
2    Act of 2004, and the Illinois Public Accounting Act;
3        (1.5) an employee of an entity providing developmental
4    disabilities services or service coordination funded by
5    the Department of Human Services;
6        (2) an employee of a vocational rehabilitation
7    facility prescribed or supervised by the Department of
8    Human Services;
9        (3) an administrator, employee, or person providing
10    services in or through an unlicensed community based
11    facility;
12        (4) any religious practitioner who provides treatment
13    by prayer or spiritual means alone in accordance with the
14    tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious
15    denomination, except as to information received in any
16    confession or sacred communication enjoined by the
17    discipline of the religious denomination to be held
18    confidential;
19        (5) field personnel of the Department of Healthcare
20    and Family Services, Department of Public Health, and
21    Department of Human Services, and any county or municipal
22    health department;
23        (6) personnel of the Department of Human Services, the
24    Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the State Fire
25    Marshal, local fire departments, the Department on Aging
26    and its subsidiary Area Agencies on Aging and provider

 

 

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1    agencies, except the State Long Term Care Ombudsman and
2    any of his or her representatives or volunteers where
3    prohibited from making such a report pursuant to 45 CFR
4    1324.11(e)(3)(iv); and the Office of State Long Term Care
5    Ombudsman;
6        (7) any employee of the State of Illinois not
7    otherwise specified herein who is involved in providing
8    services to eligible adults, including professionals
9    providing medical or rehabilitation services and all other
10    persons having direct contact with eligible adults;
11        (8) a person who performs the duties of a coroner or
12    medical examiner; or
13        (9) a person who performs the duties of a paramedic or
14    an emergency medical technician; or .
15        (10) a person who performs the duties of an investment
16    advisor.
17    (g) "Neglect" means another individual's failure to
18provide an eligible adult with or willful withholding from an
19eligible adult the necessities of life including, but not
20limited to, food, clothing, shelter or health care. This
21subsection does not create any new affirmative duty to provide
22support to eligible adults. Nothing in this Act shall be
23construed to mean that an eligible adult is a victim of neglect
24because of health care services provided or not provided by
25licensed health care professionals.
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1in a planning and service area that is selected by the
2Department or appointed by the regional administrative agency
3with prior approval by the Department on Aging to receive and
4assess reports of alleged or suspected abuse, abandonment,
5neglect, or financial exploitation. A provider agency is also
6referenced as a "designated agency" in this Act.
7    (i) "Regional administrative agency" means any public or
8nonprofit agency in a planning and service area that provides
9regional oversight and performs functions as set forth in
10subsection (b) of Section 3 of this Act. The Department shall
11designate an Area Agency on Aging as the regional
12administrative agency or, in the event the Area Agency on
13Aging in that planning and service area is deemed by the
14Department to be unwilling or unable to provide those
15functions, the Department may serve as the regional
16administrative agency or designate another qualified entity to
17serve as the regional administrative agency; any such
18designation shall be subject to terms set forth by the
19Department.
20    (i-5) "Self-neglect" means a condition that is the result
21of an eligible adult's inability, due to physical or mental
22impairments, or both, or a diminished capacity, to perform
23essential self-care tasks that substantially threaten his or
24her own health, including: providing essential food, clothing,
25shelter, and health care; and obtaining goods and services
26necessary to maintain physical health, mental health,

 

 

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1emotional well-being, and general safety. The term includes
2compulsive hoarding, which is characterized by the acquisition
3and retention of large quantities of items and materials that
4produce an extensively cluttered living space, which
5significantly impairs the performance of essential self-care
6tasks or otherwise substantially threatens life or safety.
7    (j) "Substantiated case" means a reported case of alleged
8or suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial
9exploitation, or self-neglect in which a provider agency,
10after assessment, determines that there is reason to believe
11abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial exploitation has
12occurred.
13    (k) "Verified" means a determination that there is "clear
14and convincing evidence" that the specific injury or harm
15alleged was the result of abuse, abandonment, neglect, or
16financial exploitation.
17(Source: P.A. 102-244, eff. 1-1-22; 102-953, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
18    (320 ILCS 20/4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6604)
19    Sec. 4. Reports of abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
20    (a) Any person who suspects the abuse, abandonment,
21neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect of an
22eligible adult may report this suspicion or information about
23the suspicious death of an eligible adult to an agency
24designated to receive such reports under this Act or to the
25Department.

 

 

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1    (a-5) If any mandated reporter has reason to believe that
2an eligible adult, who because of a disability or other
3condition or impairment is unable to seek assistance for
4himself or herself, has, within the previous 12 months, been
5subjected to abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial
6exploitation, the mandated reporter shall, within 24 hours
7after developing such belief, report this suspicion to an
8agency designated to receive such reports under this Act or to
9the Department. The agency designated to receive such reports
10under this Act or the Department may establish a manner in
11which a mandated reporter can make the required report through
12an Internet reporting tool. Information sent and received
13through the Internet reporting tool is subject to the same
14rules in this Act as other types of confidential reporting
15established by the designated agency or the Department.
16Whenever a mandated reporter is required to report under this
17Act in his or her capacity as a member of the staff of a
18medical or other public or private institution, facility, or
19agency, he or she shall make a report to an agency designated
20to receive such reports under this Act or to the Department in
21accordance with the provisions of this Act and may also notify
22the person in charge of the institution, facility, or agency
23or his or her designated agent that the report has been made.
24Under no circumstances shall any person in charge of such
25institution, facility, or agency, or his or her designated
26agent to whom the notification has been made, exercise any

 

 

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1control, restraint, modification, or other change in the
2report or the forwarding of the report to an agency designated
3to receive such reports under this Act or to the Department.
4The privileged quality of communication between any
5professional person required to report and his or her patient
6or client shall not apply to situations involving abused,
7abandoned, neglected, or financially exploited eligible adults
8and shall not constitute grounds for failure to report as
9required by this Act.
10    (a-6) If a mandated reporter has reason to believe that
11the death of an eligible adult may be the result of abuse or
12neglect, the matter shall be reported to an agency designated
13to receive such reports under this Act or to the Department for
14subsequent referral to the appropriate law enforcement agency
15and the coroner or medical examiner in accordance with
16subsection (c-5) of Section 3 of this Act.
17    (a-7) A person making a report under this Act in the belief
18that it is in the alleged victim's best interest shall be
19immune from criminal or civil liability or professional
20disciplinary action on account of making the report,
21notwithstanding any requirements concerning the
22confidentiality of information with respect to such eligible
23adult which might otherwise be applicable.
24    (a-9) Law enforcement officers shall continue to report
25incidents of alleged abuse pursuant to the Illinois Domestic
26Violence Act of 1986, notwithstanding any requirements under

 

 

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1this Act.
2    (b) Any person, institution or agency participating in the
3making of a report, providing information or records related
4to a report, assessment, or services, or participating in the
5investigation of a report under this Act in good faith, or
6taking photographs or x-rays as a result of an authorized
7assessment, shall have immunity from any civil, criminal or
8other liability in any civil, criminal or other proceeding
9brought in consequence of making such report or assessment or
10on account of submitting or otherwise disclosing such
11photographs or x-rays to any agency designated to receive
12reports of alleged or suspected abuse, abandonment, or
13neglect. Any person, institution or agency authorized by the
14Department to provide assessment, intervention, or
15administrative services under this Act shall, in the good
16faith performance of those services, have immunity from any
17civil, criminal or other liability in any civil, criminal, or
18other proceeding brought as a consequence of the performance
19of those services. For the purposes of any civil, criminal, or
20other proceeding, the good faith of any person required to
21report, permitted to report, or participating in an
22investigation of a report of alleged or suspected abuse,
23abandonment, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect
24shall be presumed.
25    (c) The identity of a person making a report of alleged or
26suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial exploitation,

 

 

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1or self-neglect or a report concerning information about the
2suspicious death of an eligible adult under this Act may be
3disclosed by the Department or other agency provided for in
4this Act only with such person's written consent or by court
5order, but is otherwise confidential.
6    (d) The Department shall by rule establish a system for
7filing and compiling reports made under this Act.
8    (e) Any physician who willfully fails to report as
9required by this Act shall be referred to the Illinois State
10Medical Disciplinary Board for action in accordance with
11subdivision (A)(22) of Section 22 of the Medical Practice Act
12of 1987. Any dentist or dental hygienist who willfully fails
13to report as required by this Act shall be referred to the
14Department of Professional Regulation for action in accordance
15with paragraph 19 of Section 23 of the Illinois Dental
16Practice Act. Any optometrist who willfully fails to report as
17required by this Act shall be referred to the Department of
18Financial and Professional Regulation for action in accordance
19with paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Section 24 of the
20Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Any other mandated
21reporter required by this Act to report suspected abuse,
22abandonment, neglect, or financial exploitation who willfully
23fails to report the same is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
24(Source: P.A. 102-244, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
25    (320 ILCS 20/4.1)

 

 

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1    Sec. 4.1. Employer discrimination. No employer shall
2discharge, demote or suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote
3or suspend, or in any manner discriminate against any
4employee: (i) who makes any good faith oral or written report
5of suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial
6exploitation; (ii) who makes any good faith oral or written
7report concerning information about the suspicious death of an
8eligible adult; or (iii) who is or will be a witness or testify
9in any investigation or proceeding concerning a report of
10suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial
11exploitation.
12(Source: P.A. 102-244, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
13    (320 ILCS 20/4.2)
14    Sec. 4.2. Testimony by mandated reporter and investigator.
15Any mandated reporter who makes a report or any person who
16investigates a report under this Act shall testify fully in
17any judicial proceeding resulting from such report, as to any
18evidence of abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial
19exploitation or the cause thereof. Any mandated reporter who
20is required to report a suspected case of or a suspicious death
21due to abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial exploitation
22under Section 4 of this Act shall testify fully in any
23administrative hearing resulting from such report, as to any
24evidence of abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial
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1excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege
2relating to communications between the alleged abuser or the
3eligible adult subject of the report under this Act and the
4person making or investigating the report.
5(Source: P.A. 102-244, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
6    (320 ILCS 20/5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6605)
7    Sec. 5. Procedure.
8    (a) A provider agency designated to receive reports of
9alleged or suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial
10exploitation, or self-neglect under this Act shall, upon
11receiving such a report, conduct a face-to-face assessment
12with respect to such report, in accord with established law
13and Department protocols, procedures, and policies.
14Face-to-face assessments, casework, and follow-up of reports
15of self-neglect by the provider agencies designated to receive
16reports of self-neglect shall be subject to sufficient
17appropriation for statewide implementation of assessments,
18casework, and follow-up of reports of self-neglect. In the
19absence of sufficient appropriation for statewide
20implementation of assessments, casework, and follow-up of
21reports of self-neglect, the designated adult protective
22services provider agency shall refer all reports of
23self-neglect to the appropriate agency or agencies as
24designated by the Department for any follow-up. The assessment
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1of the eligible adult who is the subject of the report and
2shall include interviews or consultations regarding the
3allegations with service agencies, immediate family members,
4and individuals who may have knowledge of the eligible adult's
5circumstances based on the consent of the eligible adult in
6all instances, except where the provider agency is acting in
7the best interest of an eligible adult who is unable to seek
8assistance for himself or herself and where there are
9allegations against a caregiver who has assumed
10responsibilities in exchange for compensation. If, after the
11assessment, the provider agency determines that the case is
12substantiated it shall develop a service care plan for the
13eligible adult and may report its findings at any time during
14the case to the appropriate law enforcement agency in accord
15with established law and Department protocols, procedures, and
16policies. In developing a case plan, the provider agency may
17consult with any other appropriate provider of services, and
18such providers shall be immune from civil or criminal
19liability on account of such acts. The plan shall include
20alternative suggested or recommended services which are
21appropriate to the needs of the eligible adult and which
22involve the least restriction of the eligible adult's
23activities commensurate with his or her needs. Only those
24services to which consent is provided in accordance with
25Section 9 of this Act shall be provided, contingent upon the
26availability of such services.

 

 

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1    (b) A provider agency shall refer evidence of crimes
2against an eligible adult to the appropriate law enforcement
3agency according to Department policies. A referral to law
4enforcement may be made at intake, at or any time during the
5case, or after a report of a suspicious death, depending upon
6the circumstances. Where a provider agency has reason to
7believe the death of an eligible adult may be the result of
8abuse, abandonment, or neglect, the agency shall immediately
9report the matter to the coroner or medical examiner and shall
10cooperate fully with any subsequent investigation.
11    (c) If any person other than the alleged victim refuses to
12allow the provider agency to begin an investigation,
13interferes with the provider agency's ability to conduct an
14investigation, or refuses to give access to an eligible adult,
15the appropriate law enforcement agency must be consulted
16regarding the investigation.
17(Source: P.A. 101-496, eff. 1-1-20; 102-244, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
18    (320 ILCS 20/8)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6608)
19    Sec. 8. Access to records. All records concerning reports
20of abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial exploitation, or
21self-neglect or reports of suspicious deaths due to abuse,
22neglect, or financial exploitation and all records generated
23as a result of such reports shall be confidential and shall not
24be disclosed except as specifically authorized by this Act or
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1Department protocols, procedures, and policies, access to such
2records, but not access to the identity of the person or
3persons making a report of alleged abuse, abandonment,
4neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect as contained
5in such records, shall be provided, upon request, to the
6following persons and for the following persons:
7        (1) Department staff, provider agency staff, other
8    aging network staff, and regional administrative agency
9    staff, including staff of the Chicago Department on Aging
10    while that agency is designated as a regional
11    administrative agency, in the furtherance of their
12    responsibilities under this Act;
13        (1.5) A representative of the public guardian acting
14    in the course of investigating the appropriateness of
15    guardianship for the eligible adult or while pursuing a
16    petition for guardianship of the eligible adult pursuant
17    to the Probate Act of 1975;
18        (2) A law enforcement agency or State's Attorney's
19    office investigating known or suspected abuse,
20    abandonment, neglect, financial exploitation, or
21    self-neglect. Where a provider agency has reason to
22    believe that the death of an eligible adult may be the
23    result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect, including any
24    reports made after death, the agency shall immediately
25    provide the appropriate law enforcement agency with all
26    records pertaining to the eligible adult;

 

 

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1        (2.5) A law enforcement agency, fire department
2    agency, or fire protection district having proper
3    jurisdiction pursuant to a written agreement between a
4    provider agency and the law enforcement agency, fire
5    department agency, or fire protection district under which
6    the provider agency may furnish to the law enforcement
7    agency, fire department agency, or fire protection
8    district a list of all eligible adults who may be at
9    imminent risk of abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial
10    exploitation, or self-neglect;
11        (3) A physician who has before him or her or who is
12    involved in the treatment of an eligible adult whom he or
13    she reasonably suspects may be abused, abandoned,
14    neglected, financially exploited, or self-neglected or who
15    has been referred to the Adult Protective Services
16    Program;
17        (4) An eligible adult reported to be abused,
18    abandoned, neglected, financially exploited, or
19    self-neglected, or such adult's authorized guardian or
20    agent, unless such guardian or agent is the abuser or the
21    alleged abuser;
22        (4.5) An executor or administrator of the estate of an
23    eligible adult who is deceased;
24        (5) A probate court with jurisdiction over the
25    guardianship of an alleged victim for an in camera
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1    or financial exploitation, a court or a guardian ad litem,
2    upon its or his or her finding that access to such records
3    may be necessary for the determination of an issue before
4    the court. However, such access shall be limited to an in
5    camera inspection of the records, unless the court
6    determines that disclosure of the information contained
7    therein is necessary for the resolution of an issue then
8    pending before it;
9        (5.5) A In cases regarding self-neglect, a guardian ad
10    litem, unless such guardian ad litem is the abuser or
11    alleged abuser;
12        (6) A grand jury, upon its determination that access
13    to such records is necessary in the conduct of its
14    official business;
15        (7) Any person authorized by the Director, in writing,
16    for audit or bona fide research purposes;
17        (8) A coroner or medical examiner who has reason to
18    believe that an eligible adult has died as the result of
19    abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial exploitation, or
20    self-neglect. The provider agency shall immediately
21    provide the coroner or medical examiner with all records
22    pertaining to the eligible adult;
23        (8.5) A coroner or medical examiner having proper
24    jurisdiction, pursuant to a written agreement between a
25    provider agency and the coroner or medical examiner, under
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1    coroner or medical examiner a list of all eligible adults
2    who may be at imminent risk of death as a result of abuse,
3    abandonment, neglect, financial exploitation, or
4    self-neglect;
5        (9) Department of Financial and Professional
6    Regulation staff and members of the Illinois Medical
7    Disciplinary Board or the Social Work Examining and
8    Disciplinary Board in the course of investigating alleged
9    violations of the Clinical Social Work and Social Work
10    Practice Act by provider agency staff or other licensing
11    bodies at the discretion of the Director of the Department
12    on Aging;
13        (9-a) Department of Healthcare and Family Services
14    staff and provider agency staff when that Department is
15    funding services to the eligible adult, including access
16    to the identity of the eligible adult;
17        (9-b) Department of Human Services staff and provider
18    agency staff when that Department is funding services to
19    the eligible adult or is providing reimbursement for
20    services provided by the abuser or alleged abuser,
21    including access to the identity of the eligible adult;
22        (10) Hearing officers in the course of conducting an
23    administrative hearing under this Act; parties to such
24    hearing shall be entitled to discovery as established by
25    rule;
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1    Registry shall be given the statement of allegations in
2    the abuse report and the substantiation decision in the
3    final investigative report; and
4        (12) The Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
5    and the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1
6    of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with
7    Developmental Disabilities Act shall have access, through
8    the Department, to records, including the findings,
9    pertaining to a completed or closed investigation of a
10    report of suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, financial
11    exploitation, or self-neglect of an eligible adult.
12(Source: P.A. 102-244, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
141, 2024.".