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 1        AN ACT in relation to domestic violence.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Code of Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
 5    amended by changing Section 112A-3 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 5/112A-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-3)
 7        Sec.  112A-3.  Definitions.   For  the  purposes  of this
 8    Article,  the  following  terms  shall  have  the   following
 9    meanings:
10        (1)  "Abuse"    means    physical    abuse,   harassment,
11    intimidation  of  a  dependent,  interference  with  personal
12    liberty  or  willful  deprivation  but   does   not   include
13    reasonable  direction  of a minor child by a parent or person
14    in loco parentis.
15        (2)  "Domestic violence"  means  abuse  as  described  in
16    paragraph (1).
17        (3)  "Family   or  household  members"  include  spouses,
18    former spouses, parents,  children,  stepchildren  and  other
19    persons  related  by  blood  or by present or prior marriage,
20    persons who share  or  formerly  shared  a  common  dwelling,
21    persons who have or allegedly have a child in common, persons
22    who  share  or allegedly share a blood relationship through a
23    child, persons who have or have had a  dating  or  engagement
24    relationship,   and   persons  with  disabilities  and  their
25    personal assistants, and caregivers as defined  in  paragraph
26    (3)  of  subsection (b) of Section 12-21 of the Criminal Code
27    of 1961. For purposes of this  paragraph,  neither  a  casual
28    acquaintanceship   nor   ordinary  fraternization  between  2
29    individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed to
30    constitute a dating relationship.
31        (4)  "Harassment" means  knowing  conduct  which  is  not
 
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 1    necessary  to  accomplish a purpose which is reasonable under
 2    the circumstances; would cause a reasonable person  emotional
 3    distress;   and   does   cause   emotional  distress  to  the
 4    petitioner.  Unless  the  presumption  is   rebutted   by   a
 5    preponderance of the evidence, the following types of conduct
 6    shall be presumed to cause emotional distress:
 7             (i)  creating a disturbance at petitioner's place of
 8        employment or school;
 9             (ii)  repeatedly  telephoning  petitioner's place of
10        employment, home or residence;
11             (iii)  repeatedly following petitioner  about  in  a
12        public place or places;
13             (iv)  repeatedly     keeping     petitioner    under
14        surveillance by remaining  present  outside  his  or  her
15        home, school, place of employment, vehicle or other place
16        occupied  by  petitioner  or  by  peering in petitioner's
17        windows;
18             (v)  improperly  concealing  a  minor   child   from
19        petitioner, repeatedly threatening to improperly remove a
20        minor child of petitioner's from the jurisdiction or from
21        the  physical  care of petitioner, repeatedly threatening
22        to conceal a minor child from  petitioner,  or  making  a
23        single  such  threat  following  an  actual  or attempted
24        improper removal or concealment,  unless  respondent  was
25        fleeing from an incident or pattern of domestic violence;
26        or
27             (vi)  threatening  physical  force,  confinement  or
28        restraint on one or more occasions.
29        (5)  "Interference    with    personal   liberty"   means
30    committing  or  threatening   physical   abuse,   harassment,
31    intimidation  or  willful deprivation so as to compel another
32    to engage in conduct from which she or  he  has  a  right  to
33    abstain  or  to refrain from conduct in which she or he has a
34    right to engage.
 
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 1        (6)  "Intimidation of a  dependent"  means  subjecting  a
 2    person  who is dependent because of age, health or disability
 3    to participation in or the  witnessing  of:   physical  force
 4    against  another  or  physical  confinement  or  restraint of
 5    another which constitutes physical abuse as defined  in  this
 6    Article,  regardless of whether the abused person is a family
 7    or household member.
 8        (7)  "Order of  protection"  means  an  emergency  order,
 9    interim  order  or  plenary  order,  granted pursuant to this
10    Article, which includes any or all of the remedies authorized
11    by Section 112A-14 of this Code.
12        (8)  "Petitioner" may mean not only any named  petitioner
13    for  the order of protection and any named victim of abuse on
14    whose behalf the petition is  brought,  but  also  any  other
15    person protected by this Article.
16        (9)  "Physical abuse" includes sexual abuse and means any
17    of the following:
18             (i)  knowing  or  reckless  use  of  physical force,
19        confinement or restraint;
20             (ii)  knowing,  repeated   and   unnecessary   sleep
21        deprivation; or
22             (iii)  knowing  or reckless conduct which creates an
23        immediate risk of physical harm.
24        (10)  "Willful  deprivation"  means  wilfully  denying  a
25    person who because of  age,  health  or  disability  requires
26    medication,  medical  care,  shelter,  accessible  shelter or
27    services,  food,  therapeutic  device,  or   other   physical
28    assistance,  and  thereby exposing that person to the risk of
29    physical, mental or emotional harm,  except  with  regard  to
30    medical  care  and  treatment  when such dependent person has
31    expressed the intent to forgo such medical care or treatment.
32    This paragraph does not create any new  affirmative  duty  to
33    provide support to dependent persons.
34    (Source: P.A. 87-1186.)
 
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 1        Section  10.   The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986
 2    is amended by changing Section 103 as follows:

 3        (750 ILCS 60/103) (from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3)
 4        Sec. 103.  Definitions.  For the purposes  of  this  Act,
 5    the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 6        (1)  "Abuse"    means    physical    abuse,   harassment,
 7    intimidation  of  a  dependent,  interference  with  personal
 8    liberty  or  willful  deprivation  but   does   not   include
 9    reasonable  direction  of a minor child by a parent or person
10    in loco parentis.
11        (2)  "Adult with disabilities" means an elder adult  with
12    disabilities  or  a  high-risk  adult  with  disabilities.  A
13    person may be an adult with disabilities for purposes of this
14    Act even though he or  she  has  never  been  adjudicated  an
15    incompetent  adult.   However,  no  court  proceeding  may be
16    initiated  or  continued  on  behalf   of   an   adult   with
17    disabilities   over   that  adult's  objection,  unless  such
18    proceeding is approved by his or her legal guardian, if any.
19        (3)  "Domestic  violence"  means  abuse  as  defined   in
20    paragraph (1).
21        (4)  "Elder  adult  with  disabilities"  means  an  adult
22    prevented  by  advanced age from taking appropriate action to
23    protect  himself  or  herself  from  abuse  by  a  family  or
24    household member.
25        (5)  "Exploitation"   means   the   illegal,    including
26    tortious,  use  of  a high-risk adult with disabilities or of
27    the  assets  or  resources  of   a   high-risk   adult   with
28    disabilities.   Exploitation includes, but is not limited to,
29    the misappropriation of assets or resources  of  a  high-risk
30    adult  with  disabilities  by undue influence, by breach of a
31    fiduciary relationship, by fraud, deception, or extortion, or
32    the use of such assets or resources in a manner  contrary  to
33    law.
 
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 1        (6)  "Family   or  household  members"  include  spouses,
 2    former spouses, parents,  children,  stepchildren  and  other
 3    persons  related  by  blood  or by present or prior marriage,
 4    persons who share  or  formerly  shared  a  common  dwelling,
 5    persons who have or allegedly have a child in common, persons
 6    who  share  or allegedly share a blood relationship through a
 7    child, persons who have or have had a  dating  or  engagement
 8    relationship,   and   persons  with  disabilities  and  their
 9    personal assistants, and caregivers as defined  in  paragraph
10    (3)  of  subsection (b) of Section 12-21 of the Criminal Code
11    of 1961. For purposes of this  paragraph,  neither  a  casual
12    acquaintanceship   nor   ordinary  fraternization  between  2
13    individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed to
14    constitute  a  dating  relationship.     In  the  case  of  a
15    high-risk  adult  with  disabilities,  "family  or  household
16    members" includes any person who has the responsibility for a
17    high-risk adult as a result of a family relationship  or  who
18    has  assumed  responsibility for all or a portion of the care
19    of a high-risk adult with  disabilities  voluntarily,  or  by
20    express or implied contract, or by court order.
21        (7)  "Harassment"  means  knowing  conduct  which  is not
22    necessary to accomplish a purpose that  is  reasonable  under
23    the  circumstances; would cause a reasonable person emotional
24    distress;  and  does  cause   emotional   distress   to   the
25    petitioner.   Unless   the   presumption  is  rebutted  by  a
26    preponderance of the evidence, the following types of conduct
27    shall be presumed to cause emotional distress:
28             (i)  creating a disturbance at petitioner's place of
29        employment or school;
30             (ii)  repeatedly telephoning petitioner's  place  of
31        employment, home or residence;
32             (iii)  repeatedly  following  petitioner  about in a
33        public place or places;
34             (iv)  repeatedly    keeping     petitioner     under
 
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 1        surveillance  by  remaining  present  outside  his or her
 2        home, school, place of employment, vehicle or other place
 3        occupied by petitioner  or  by  peering  in  petitioner's
 4        windows;
 5             (v)  improperly   concealing   a  minor  child  from
 6        petitioner, repeatedly threatening to improperly remove a
 7        minor child of petitioner's from the jurisdiction or from
 8        the physical care of petitioner,  repeatedly  threatening
 9        to  conceal  a  minor  child from petitioner, or making a
10        single such  threat  following  an  actual  or  attempted
11        improper  removal  or  concealment, unless respondent was
12        fleeing an incident or pattern of domestic violence; or
13             (vi)  threatening  physical  force,  confinement  or
14        restraint on one or more occasions.
15        (8)  "High-risk adult with disabilities" means  a  person
16    aged  18  or over whose physical or mental disability impairs
17    his or her ability to seek or obtain protection  from  abuse,
18    neglect, or exploitation.
19        (9)  "Interference    with    personal   liberty"   means
20    committing  or  threatening   physical   abuse,   harassment,
21    intimidation  or willful deprivation so as to  compel another
22    to engage in conduct from which she or  he  has  a  right  to
23    abstain  or  to refrain from conduct in which she or he has a
24    right to engage.
25        (10)  "Intimidation of a dependent"  means  subjecting  a
26    person  who is dependent because of age, health or disability
27    to participation in or the  witnessing  of:   physical  force
28    against  another  or  physical  confinement  or  restraint of
29    another which constitutes physical abuse as defined  in  this
30    Act,  regardless  of whether the abused person is a family or
31    household member.
32        (11) (A)  "Neglect" means the failure  to  exercise  that
33    degree  of  care  toward  a high-risk adult with disabilities
34    which  a  reasonable  person   would   exercise   under   the
 
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 1    circumstances and includes but is not limited to:
 2             (i)  the failure to take reasonable steps to protect
 3        a high-risk adult with disabilities from acts of abuse;
 4             (ii)  the    repeated,    careless   imposition   of
 5        unreasonable confinement;
 6             (iii)  the  failure  to   provide   food,   shelter,
 7        clothing,  and personal hygiene to a high-risk adult with
 8        disabilities who requires such assistance;
 9             (iv)  the   failure   to   provide    medical    and
10        rehabilitative  care  for  the physical and mental health
11        needs of a high-risk adult with disabilities; or
12             (v)  the failure to protect a high-risk  adult  with
13        disabilities from health and safety hazards.
14        (B)  Nothing  in  this subsection (10) shall be construed
15    to impose a requirement that  assistance  be  provided  to  a
16    high-risk  adult  with disabilities over his or her objection
17    in the absence of a  court  order,  nor  to  create  any  new
18    affirmative duty to provide support to a high-risk adult with
19    disabilities.
20        (12)  "Order  of  protection"  means  an emergency order,
21    interim order or plenary order, granted pursuant to this Act,
22    which includes any or  all  of  the  remedies  authorized  by
23    Section 214 of this Act.
24        (13)  "Petitioner" may mean not only any named petitioner
25    for  the order of protection and any named victim of abuse on
26    whose behalf the petition  is brought,  but  also  any  other
27    person protected by this Act.
28        (14)  "Physical  abuse"  includes  sexual abuse and means
29    any of the following:
30             (i)  knowing or  reckless  use  of  physical  force,
31        confinement or restraint;
32             (ii)  knowing,   repeated   and   unnecessary  sleep
33        deprivation; or
34             (iii)  knowing or reckless conduct which creates  an
 
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 1        immediate risk of physical harm.
 2        (15)  "Willful  deprivation"  means  wilfully  denying  a
 3    person  who  because  of  age,  health or disability requires
 4    medication, medical  care,  shelter,  accessible  shelter  or
 5    services,   food,   therapeutic  device,  or  other  physical
 6    assistance, and thereby exposing that person to the  risk  of
 7    physical,  mental  or  emotional  harm, except with regard to
 8    medical care or  treatment  when  the  dependent  person  has
 9    expressed  an intent to forgo such medical care or treatment.
10    This paragraph does not create any new  affirmative  duty  to
11    provide support to dependent persons.
12    (Source: P.A. 86-542; 87-1186.)

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