Full Text of SB3267 96th General Assembly
SB3267eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| changing Section 3.5 as follows: | 6 |
| (320 ILCS 20/3.5) | 7 |
| Sec. 3.5. Other Responsibilities. The Department shall | 8 |
| also be
responsible for the following activities, contingent | 9 |
| upon adequate funding: | 10 |
| (a) promotion of a wide range of endeavors for the purpose | 11 |
| of preventing
elder abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, | 12 |
| and self-neglect in both domestic and
institutional settings, | 13 |
| including, but not limited to, promotion of public
and | 14 |
| professional education to increase awareness of elder abuse, | 15 |
| neglect,
financial exploitation, and self-neglect, to increase | 16 |
| reports, and to improve response by
various legal, financial, | 17 |
| social, and health systems; | 18 |
| (b) coordination of efforts with other agencies, councils, | 19 |
| and like
entities, to include but not be limited to, the Office | 20 |
| of the Attorney General,
the State Police, the Illinois Law | 21 |
| Enforcement Training Standards
Board, the State Triad, the | 22 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Violence Prevention Authority,
and other
entities which may | 3 |
| impact awareness of, and response to, elder abuse, neglect,
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| financial exploitation, and self-neglect; | 5 |
| (c) collection and analysis of data; | 6 |
| (d) monitoring of the performance of regional | 7 |
| administrative agencies and
elder abuse provider agencies; | 8 |
| (e) promotion of prevention activities; | 9 |
| (f) establishing and coordinating an aggressive training | 10 |
| program on the unique
nature of elder abuse cases with other | 11 |
| agencies, councils, and like entities,
to include but not be | 12 |
| limited to the Office of the Attorney General, the
State | 13 |
| Police, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, | 14 |
| the
State Triad, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | 15 |
| Authority, the State
Departments of Public Health, Public Aid, | 16 |
| and Human Services, the Family
Violence Coordinating Council, | 17 |
| the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority,
and other entities | 18 |
| that may impact awareness of and response to elder
abuse, | 19 |
| neglect, financial exploitation, and self-neglect; | 20 |
| (g) (Blank) solicitation of financial institutions for the | 21 |
| purpose of making
information available to the general public | 22 |
| warning of financial exploitation
of the elderly and related | 23 |
| financial fraud or abuse, including such
information and | 24 |
| warnings available through signage or other written
materials | 25 |
| 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 | 2 |
| of each financial institution ;
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| (g-1) providing financial institutions with training | 4 |
| materials and information concerning financial exploitation of | 5 |
| the elderly and related financial fraud or abuse to be used by | 6 |
| a financial institution for its personnel with direct customer | 7 |
| contact and to be made available to the general public; such | 8 |
| information shall include signage or other written materials | 9 |
| and shall contain relevant toll-free telephone numbers for | 10 |
| reporting such fraud or abuse; the Department shall also | 11 |
| develop and make available an online training program for use | 12 |
| by financial institution employees with direct customer | 13 |
| contact; such online training shall be utilized by financial | 14 |
| institutions unless such financial institutions utilize | 15 |
| training programs which must minimally include the elements | 16 |
| contained in the Department on Aging Program; and | 17 |
| (h) coordinating efforts with utility and electric | 18 |
| companies to send
notices in utility bills to
explain to | 19 |
| persons 60 years of age or older
their rights regarding | 20 |
| telemarketing and home repair fraud. | 21 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-300, eff. 1-1-04; 93-301, eff. 1-1-04; | 22 |
| 94-1064, eff. 1-1-07.)
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