Illinois Senate Bill 1919 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-06-15 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Expands the scope of the Act to include reports of abandonment. Provides that if a mandated reporter has reason to believe an elderly person's death may be the result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect, the matter shall be reported for subsequent referral to the appropriate law enforcement agency and the coroner or medical examiner. Requires a mandated reporter to testify in any resulting administrative hearing. Requires the Department on Aging to offer an annual trauma-informed training program that includes instruction on how trauma impacts caseworkers and other employees who respond to and prevent adult abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment. Requires the Department to implement a demonstration project to allow for the use of a risk assessment tool to assist in identifying elderly persons who may be experiencing elder abuse, abandonment, neglect, or exploitation. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for theft by deception of a victim age 60 or older or a person with a disability may be commenced within 7 (rather than 3) years of the last act committed in furtherance of the crime. Concerning the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability, expands the scope of "person who stands in a position of trust and confidence" to include a friend or acquaintance of the elderly person or person with a disability who is in a position of trust. Amends the Home Repair Fraud Act. Provides that a person commits aggravated home repair fraud when he or she promises a performance that he or she knows will not be completed at any time during the performance of the service.

AGING-ELDER ABUSE/EXPLOITATION

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Sen. Julie Morrison [D]

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-15	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2021-04-16	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
2021-03-26	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2021-03-26	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe
2021-03-24	Senate	To Criminal Law- Clear Compliance
2021-03-17	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2021-03-16	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2021-03-15	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2021-02-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-26	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
320	20	13	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	3.3	New Code	See Bill Text
320	20	3.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	3.6	New Code	See Bill Text
320	20	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	4.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	4.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	7.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	7.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
320	20	9	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	16-1.3	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	17-56	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	3-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
815	515	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1919&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB1919.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB1919sam001.htm