Bill Text: IL SJR0013 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Creates the Elder Abuse Task Force to investigate the effectiveness of current elder protective services and laws, examine barriers to prosecution and strategies to increase public awareness of elder abuse and reporting, study training resources and best practices in other states, and identify a long-range plan to combat elder abuse.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Adopted Both Houses [SJR0013 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0013-Enrolled.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13
WHEREAS, Elder abuse is an intentional act or failure to
act that causes or creates a risk of harm to an adult, age 60 or
older, with forms of abuse including physical, sexual, neglect,
financial, and emotional or psychological; and
WHEREAS, Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation is a
serious problem that is severely underreported; it is estimated
that only between 1 in 14 and 1 in 23 instances of abuse and
neglect are actually reported; and
WHEREAS, Elder abuse can have several physical and
emotional effects on an older adult, including pain, soreness,
fear, anxiety, and even premature death; and
WHEREAS, The State has a responsibility to protect these
older adults from mistreatment and exploitation; therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Elder Abuse Task
Force to investigate the effectiveness of current elder
protective services and laws, examine barriers to prosecution
and strategies to increase public awareness of elder abuse and

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reporting, study training resources and best practices in other
states, and identify a long-range plan to combat elder abuse;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the
following members who must be appointed within 60 days after
the passage of this resolution:
(1) The President of the Senate or his designee;
(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or his
designee;
(3) The Minority Leader of the Senate or his designee;
(4) The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
or his designee;
(5) One member appointed by the Director of the
Department on Aging;
(6) One member appointed by the Director of the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services;
(7) One member appointed by the Director of the
Department of Public Health;
(8) One member appointed by the Director of the
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation;
(9) One member appointed by the Director of the
Guardianship and Advocacy Commission;
(10) One member appointed by the Attorney General;
(11) One member representing area agencies on aging
appointed by the Director of the Department on Aging;

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(12) One member representing the Ombudsman's Office of
the Department on Aging appointed by the Director of the
Department on Aging;
(13) One member representing the Adult Protective
Services Office of the Department on Aging appointed by the
Director of the Department on Aging;
(14) Two members representing two different statewide
organizations that advocate on behalf of nursing homes
appointed by the President of the Senate;
(15) A member representing caregivers in the Community
Care Program of the Department on Aging appointed by the
Director of the Department on Aging;
(16) A member representing a statewide association
that advocates on behalf of the banking industry appointed
by the Director of the Department on Aging;
(17) A member representing the Illinois State Police
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit appointed by the Director of
the Illinois State Police;
(18) A member representing a statewide association
that advocates on behalf of law enforcement appointed by
the Director of the Department on Aging;
(19) A member representing an organization that
specializes in providing legal services for persons over
the age of 60 appointed by the Director of the Department
on Aging;
(20) A member who is a certified Elderly Service

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Officer, serving as a law enforcement officer in a county
with a population between 250,000 and 275,000, appointed by
the Director of the Department on Aging; and
(21) A member who is an Assistant State's Attorney in a
county with a population between 250,000 and 275,000
specializing in the area of crimes against those over the
age of 60 appointed by the Director of the Department on
Aging; and be it further
RESOLVED, That Task Force members shall select a
Chairperson from among themselves; and be it further
RESOLVED, That Task Force members shall receive no
compensation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Department on Aging shall provide
administrative support to the Task Force; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall hold at least four
meetings, and the first meeting must be held within 30 days
after appointments are finalized; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Task Force must report its findings and
recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no
later than January 1, 2021, and upon the filing of its report
is dissolved; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.