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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 47
2 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois wishes to address the
3 increasing needs of the aging and disabled who are members of
4 the Illinois veterans community and to remedy the dire
5 shortage of beds at State Veterans Homes; and
6 WHEREAS, The Department of Veterans' Affairs reported
7 that the State has an immediate need for 330 additional
8 nursing care beds for State Veterans Homes, that increasing
9 capacity by 600 beds would serve only 12% of wartime veterans
10 who need skilled care, and that increasing the capacity of
11 the Illinois Veterans Home at LaSalle by 80 beds and the
12 Illinois Veterans Home at Anna by 80 beds would permit the
13 Veterans Homes to properly serve hundreds of veterans
14 requiring nursing care; and
15 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois pays only an estimated 39%
16 of the care costs at State Veterans Homes while paying almost
17 47% of the care costs for Medicaid recipients at other
18 nursing homes, and increasing veterans home capacity would be
19 cost effective for the State subsidy of long term care; and
20 WHEREAS, Ninety percent of the Illinois veterans who are
21 eligible for care by a State veterans home reside within 100
22 miles of the Illinois Veterans Home at LaSalle; the waiting
23 list for a bed at the LaSalle Veterans Home contains the
24 names of more than 100 eligible veterans; and the lengthy
25 list requires those veterans to wait more than one year to
26 gain their desired admission; and
27 WHEREAS, The Illinois Veterans Home at Anna requires
28 additional beds to serve the ever increasing population of
29 State veterans in southern Illinois who are eligible for
30 medical care by the Veterans Home; and
31 WHEREAS, If the General Assembly provides the necessary
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1 funds to increase the capacity of the LaSalle Veterans Home
2 and the Anna Veterans Home, then the State would be eligible
3 for federal reimbursement of up to 65% of the construction
4 costs through federal grants and the efforts of the Illinois
5 congressional delegation; therefore, be it
6 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
8 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, That all concerned make every
9 effort to obtain State and federal funds so that the
10 Department of Veterans' Affairs may increase by at least 80
11 beds each the capacities of the Illinois Veterans Homes at
12 LaSalle and Anna to better serve the north central and
13 southern regions of Illinois and to accommodate the
14 increasing number of Illinois veterans eligible for care; and
15 be it further
16 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
17 delivered to the Illinois congressional delegation, the
18 Governor, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and the
19 Illinois Veterans Homes at LaSalle and Anna.
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