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.