Sen. Dan Kotowski
Filed: 4/14/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5823
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5823 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 36 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 2805/36 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 36. Mobile assistance units. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Subject to appropriations, the Department shall | ||||||
| 9 | establish a program to make grants to entities for providing | ||||||
| 10 | mental health and preventive health services using mobile units | ||||||
| 11 | as provided in this Section. The Department shall issue | ||||||
| 12 | requests for proposals to provide these services. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) The services provided under the program shall target | ||||||
| 14 | homeless veterans and other veterans facing obstacles to | ||||||
| 15 | obtaining needed care or services, including those residing in | ||||||
| 16 | rural and medically underserved areas. The mobile assistance | ||||||
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| 1 | units shall travel to various locations to provide services, | ||||||
| 2 | including local veterans organization facilities and | ||||||
| 3 | facilities serving the homeless. | ||||||
| 4 | (c) Services provided through the mobile assistance units | ||||||
| 5 | may include the following: | ||||||
| 6 | (1) Mental health screenings. | ||||||
| 7 | (2) Preventive health care. | ||||||
| 8 | (3) Crisis intervention.
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 10 | becoming law.".
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