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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 2.03 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2805/2.03) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.03)
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| Sec. 2.03. Admissions. Admissions to an Illinois Veterans |
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| Home are
subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the |
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| Department of Veterans'
Affairs to govern the admission of |
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| applicants.
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| Each resident of a Home is liable for the payment of sums
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| representing maintenance charges for care at the Home at a rate |
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| to
be determined by the Department, based on the resident's |
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| ability to pay.
However, the charges shall not exceed the |
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| average annual per
capita cost of maintaining the resident in |
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| the Home. The Department,
upon being furnished proof of |
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| payment, shall in its discretion
make allowances for unusual |
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| expenses in determining the
ability of the resident to pay |
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| maintenance charges.
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| Payment of maintenance charges shall be made first and to |
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| the
fullest extent possible from sources of income other than
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| pension or compensation paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans |
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| Affairs.
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| The basis upon which the payment of maintenance charges |
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| shall be
calculated by the Department is the average per capita |
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| cost
for the care of all residents at each Home for the fiscal |
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| year
immediately preceding the period for which the rate for |
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| each
Home is being calculated.
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| The Department may require residents to pay charges |
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| monthly,
quarterly, or otherwise as may be most suitably |
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| arranged for the
individual members. The amounts received from |
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| each Home for the
charges shall be transmitted to the Treasurer |
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| of the State of Illinois
for deposit in each Veterans Home |
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| Fund, respectively.
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| The Department may investigate the financial condition of |
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| residents
of a Home to determine their ability to pay |
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| maintenance charges and
to establish standards as a basis of |
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| judgment for such determination.
Such standards shall be |
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| recomputed periodically to reflect
changes in the cost of |
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| living and other pertinent factors.
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| Refusal to pay the maintenance charges is cause for |
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| discharge
of a resident from a Home.
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| The Department may collect any medical or health benefits
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| to which a resident may become entitled through tax
supported |
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| or privately financed systems of insurance, as a
result of his |
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| or her care or treatment in the facilities provided by the
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| Department, or because of care or treatment in other facilities
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| when such care or treatment has been paid for by the |
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| Department.
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| Admission of a resident is not limited or conditioned in |
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| any manner
by the financial status of the resident or his or |
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| her ability to pay
maintenance charges.
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| The Department may accept and hold on behalf of the State, |
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| if for the
public interest, a grant, gift, devise, or bequest |
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| of money or property to
the Department made in trust for the |
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| maintenance or support of a resident
of an Illinois Veterans |
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| Home or for any other legitimate purpose. The Department shall |
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| cause each gift, grant,
devise, or bequest to be kept as a |
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| distinct fund and shall invest the same
in the manner provided |
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| by the laws of this State relating to securities in
which the |
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| deposit in savings banks may be invested. However, the
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| Department may, at its discretion, deposit in a proper trust |
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| company, bank,
or savings bank, during the continuance of the |
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| trust, any fund left in
trust for the life of a person and |
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| shall adopt rules and regulations
governing the deposit, |
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| transfer, or withdrawal of the fund. The Department
shall, on |
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| the expiration of any trust as provided in any instrument
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| creating the trust, dispose of the fund in the manner
provided |
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| in the instrument. The Department shall include in its required
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| reports a statement showing what funds are so held by it and |
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| the condition
of the funds; provided that monies found on |
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| residents at the time of their
admission or accruing to them |
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| during their residence at a Home and monies
deposited with the |
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| administrators by relatives, guardians, or friends of
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| residents for the special comfort and pleasure of the resident |
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| shall
remain in the custody of the administrators who shall act |
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| as trustees for
disbursement to, on behalf of, or for the |
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| benefit of the resident. All
types of retirement and pension |
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| benefits from private and public sources
may be paid directly |
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| to the administrator of a Home for deposit to
the resident |
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| trust fund account.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-324, eff. 8-13-95; 90-168, eff. 7-23-97.)
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