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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Vulnerable Adults Abandonment Prevention Task Force Act.
 
6    Section 5. Vulnerable Adults Abandonment Prevention Task
7Force Act; members.
8    (a) There is created the Vulnerable Adults Abandonment
9Prevention Task Force (hereinafter referred to as the Task
10Force) to address the growing problem of vulnerable adults
11being left without regard for their mental or physical health,
12safety, or welfare. The Task Force shall consist of 14 members
13appointed as follows:
14        (1) 3 members of the Senate appointed by the President
15    of the Senate;
16        (2) 3 members of the Senate appointed by the Minority
17    Leader of the Senate;
18        (3) 3 members of the House of Representatives appointed
19    by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
20        (4) 3 members of the House of Representatives appointed
21    by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and
22        (5) 2 members appointed by the Governor one of whom
23    shall be designated the chairperson by the Governor.

 

 

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1    (b) The members of the Task Force shall serve without
2compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and
3necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
4    (c) The State of Illinois Council on Developmental
5Disabilities shall provide administrative and other support to
6the Task Force, and the Task Force shall also seek input from
7the Department of Human Services, the Department on Aging, and
8the Office of State Guardian. The Task Force shall consult with
9representatives of law enforcement, bar associations, and
10not-for-profits focused on persons with developmental
11disabilities, mental illness, and victims of elder abuse in the
12preparation of its final report.
13    (d) The Task Force shall conduct a study on the incidence
14of abandonment of vulnerable adults by persons and entities
15legally responsible to safeguard the mental or physical health,
16safety, or welfare of persons who are severely or profoundly
17intellectually disabled as a result of developmental
18disabilities, mental illness, dementia, or other similar
19incapacity and to make recommendations sufficient to protect
20these vulnerable adults, including the consideration of
21criminal penalties for the abandonment of these vulnerable
22adults without assuring adequate support or supervision.
23    (e) On or before January 1, 2014, the Task Force shall
24report its findings and recommendations to the General
25Assembly, by filing copies of its report as provided in Section
263.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and to the

 

 

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1Governor.
2    (f) The Task Force is abolished on May 31, 2014.
 
3    Section 10. Repeal. This Act is repealed on June 1, 2014.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.