102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3169
 
Introduced 1/12/2022, by Sen. Sue Rezin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 2805/39 new

     Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Requires the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Veterans' Affairs's and the Department of Public Health's management of the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans' Home. Provides that the performance audit shall include specified determinations. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Department of Public Health, and any other State agency or other entity or person that may have information relevant to the audit shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General in the audit. Requires the Auditor General to commence the audit as soon as practical and report the findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the Illinois State Auditing Act. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2024.  Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning veterans.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 39 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2805/39 new)
7    Sec. 39. Department audit.
8    (a) The Auditor General shall conduct a performance audit 
9of the Department's and the Department of Public Health's 
10management of the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle 
11Veterans' Home. The performance audit shall include, but shall 
12not be limited to, the following determinations:
13        (1) The responses of the Department and the Department 
14    of Public Health to the outbreak of COVID-19 in November 
15    and December of 2020.
16        (2) The type, cost, and timing of any infrastructure 
17    or other building improvements intended to contain the 
18    further spread of COVID-19.
19        (3) The nature of changes made by the Department and 
20    the Department of Public Health in operating protocols and 
21    staff training thereon intended to contain the further 
22    spread of COVID-19 or prevent its reoccurrence.
23        (4) The nature and extent of monitoring conducted by 
 
 
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1    the Department and the Department of Public Health to 
2    determine whether the improvements and protocols put in 
3    place are effective to ensure the safety of residents and 
4    staff at the LaSalle Veterans' Home.
5        (5) The amount of State money received and expended by 
6    the Department, the Department of Public Health, or any 
7    other State agency during State fiscal year 2021 for any 
8    improvements, monitoring, or other measures taken to 
9    address the COVID-19 pandemic at the LaSalle Veterans' 
10    Home.
11    (b) The Department, the Department of Public Health, and 
12any other State agency or other entity or person that may have 
13information relevant to the audit under subsection (a) shall 
14cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General in the 
15audit. The Auditor General shall commence this audit as soon 
16as practical and report the findings and recommendations upon 
17completion in accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois 
18State Auditing Act.
19    (c) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2024. 
 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.