Public Act 096-1103
 
SB3267 EnrolledLRB096 18611 KTG 33993 b



    AN ACT concerning aging.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Elder Abuse and Neglect Act is amended  by 
changing Section 3.5 as follows:
 
    (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

Departments of Public Health, Public Aid, and Human Services, 
the Family
Violence Coordinating Council, the Illinois 
Violence Prevention Authority,
and other
entities which may 
impact awareness of, and response to, elder abuse, neglect,


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

institutions, provided that the manner of displaying or 
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.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.