Illinois House Bill 6175 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Financial Institutions Elder Abuse Reporting Act. Provides that a financial institution shall make an abuse report if an employee of the financial institution (i) has direct contact with an elder adult or reviews or approves an elder adult's financial documents, records, or transactions in connection with financial services provided by the financial institution to or for the elder adult, and (ii) observes or obtains knowledge of behavior, unusual circumstances, or transactions that leads the employee to know or have reasonable cause to suspect that the elder adult is the victim of financial abuse. Provides that an abuse report made under the Act is confidential. Provides that a financial institution shall establish and implement a training program to (i) assist employees in recognizing signs of potential financial abuse of an elder adult and (ii) inform employees about the requirement to file abuse reports provided by the Act. Provides for civil penalties for failure to file an abuse report.

FINANCIAL INST-ELDER ABUSE

Rep. Jerry Costello [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]	Rep. Lawrence Walsh [D]	Rep. Keith Farnham [D]
Sen. Daniel Biss [D]	Rep. Fred Crespo [D]	Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Rep. Carol Sente [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2012-05-23	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2012-05-23	House	First Reading
2012-05-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
2012-05-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
2012-05-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
2012-05-23	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
2012-05-23	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
2012-05-23	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
2012-05-23	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2012-05-23	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6175&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB6175.htm