Bill Text: IL HB3357 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of abandoning a disabled adult. Provides that a parent or legal guardian of a person who at the time of the offense was a severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person at least 18 years of age commits abandoning a disabled adult when he or she without regard for the mental or physical health, safety, or welfare of the person knowingly leaves the severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person without supervision by a responsible person over the age of 14 for a period of 24 hours or more. Establishes factors the trier of fact shall consider for the purposes of determining whether the severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person was left without regard for the mental or physical health, safety, or welfare of that severely or profoundly intellectually disabled person. Provides that abandoning a disabled adult is a Class 4 felony. Provides that a second or subsequent offense after a prior conviction is a Class 3 felony.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3357 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3357-Engrossed.html

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

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

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Governor.
(f) The Task Force is abolished on May 31, 2014.
Section 10. Repeal. This Act is repealed on June 1, 2014.