Sen. Sally J. Turner

Filed: 4/7/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1472

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1472 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is
5amended by changing Sections 2.01, 2.03, and 2.04 and by
6adding Sections 2i and 2.01d as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2805/2i new)
8    Sec. 2i. The Illinois Veterans' Home of Central Illinois
9Fund. The Illinois Veterans' Home of Central Illinois Fund is
10hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury. From
11appropriations to the Department from the Fund, the Department
12shall purchase needed equipment and supplies to enhance the
13lives of the residents at and for the operations of veterans'
14homes in central Illinois, including capital improvements,
15building rehabilitation, and repairs.
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 2805/2.01)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.01)
2    Sec. 2.01. Veterans Home admissions.
3    (a) Any honorably discharged veteran is entitled to
4admission to an Illinois Veterans Home if the applicant meets
5the requirements of this Section.
6    (b) The veteran must:
7        (1) have served in the armed forces of the United
8    States at least 1 day in World War II, the Korean Conflict,
9    the Viet Nam Campaign, or the Persian Gulf Conflict
10    between the dates recognized by the U.S. Department of
11    Veterans Affairs or between any other present or future
12    dates recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans
13    Affairs as a war period, or have served in a hostile fire
14    environment and has been awarded a campaign or
15    expeditionary medal signifying his or her service, for
16    purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or nursing home
17    care;
18        (2) have served and been honorably discharged or
19    retired from the armed forces of the United States for a
20    service connected disability or injury, for purposes of
21    eligibility for domiciliary or nursing home care;
22        (3) have served as an enlisted person at least 90 days
23    on active duty in the armed forces of the United States,
24    excluding service on active duty for training purposes
25    only, and entered active duty before September 8, 1980,
26    for purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or nursing

 

 

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1    home care;
2        (4) have served as an officer at least 90 days on
3    active duty in the armed forces of the United States,
4    excluding service on active duty for training purposes
5    only, and entered active duty before October 17, 1981, for
6    purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or nursing home
7    care;
8        (5) have served on active duty in the armed forces of
9    the United States for 24 months of continuous service or
10    more, excluding active duty for training purposes only,
11    and enlisted after September 7, 1980, for purposes of
12    eligibility for domiciliary or nursing home care;
13        (6) have served as a reservist in the armed forces of
14    the United States or the National Guard and the service
15    included being called to federal active duty, excluding
16    service on active duty for training purposes only, and who
17    completed the term, for purposes of eligibility for
18    domiciliary or nursing home care;
19        (7) have been discharged for reasons of hardship or
20    released from active duty due to a reduction in the United
21    States armed forces prior to the completion of the
22    required period of service, regardless of the actual time
23    served, for purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or
24    nursing home care; or
25        (8) have served in the National Guard or Reserve
26    Forces of the United States and completed 20 years of

 

 

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1    satisfactory service, be otherwise eligible to receive
2    reserve or active duty retirement benefits, and have been
3    an Illinois resident for at least one year before applying
4    for admission for purposes of eligibility for domiciliary
5    care only.
6    (c) The veteran must have service accredited to the State
7of Illinois or have been a resident of this State for one year
8immediately preceding the date of application.
9    (d) For admission to the Illinois Veterans Homes at Anna
10and Quincy, the veteran must have developed a disability by
11disease, wounds, or otherwise and because of the disability be
12incapable of earning a living.
13    (e) For admission to the Illinois Veterans Homes at
14Chicago, LaSalle, Lincoln, and Manteno, the veteran must have
15developed a disability by disease, wounds, or otherwise and,
16for purposes of eligibility for nursing home care, require
17nursing care because of the disability.
18    (f) An individual who served during a time of conflict as
19set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this Section
20has preference over all other qualifying candidates, for
21purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or nursing home care
22at any Illinois Veterans Home.
23    (g) A veteran or spouse, once admitted to an Illinois
24Veterans Home facility, is considered a resident for
25interfacility purposes.
26    (h) A non-veteran spouse shall only have the same priority

 

 

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1for admission to a Veterans Home as a veteran if the
2non-veteran spouse and his or her veteran spouse are admitted
3at the same time to live together at the Veterans Home.
4(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-314, eff. 8-7-15;
599-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-392, eff. 8-25-17; 100-942, eff.
61-1-19.)
 
7    (20 ILCS 2805/2.01d new)
8    Sec. 2.01d. Illinois Veterans Home at Lincoln. The
9Illinois Veterans Home at Lincoln is established. The
10Department shall operate and maintain the Illinois Veterans
11Home at Lincoln.
 
12    (20 ILCS 2805/2.03)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.03)
13    Sec. 2.03. Admissions. Admissions to an Illinois Veterans
14Home are subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the
15Department of Veterans' Affairs to govern the admission of
16applicants.
17    Each resident of a Home is liable for the payment of sums
18representing maintenance charges for care at the Home at a
19rate to be determined by the Department, based on the
20resident's ability to pay. However, the charges shall not
21exceed the average annual per capita cost of maintaining the
22resident in the Home. The Department, upon being furnished
23proof of payment, shall in its discretion make allowances for
24unusual expenses in determining the ability of the resident to

 

 

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1pay maintenance charges.
2    The basis upon which the payment of maintenance charges
3shall be calculated by the Department is the average per
4capita cost for the care of all residents at each Home for the
5fiscal year immediately preceding the period for which the
6rate for each Home is being calculated.
7    The Department may require residents to pay charges
8monthly, quarterly, or otherwise as may be most suitably
9arranged for the individual members. The amounts received from
10each Home for the charges shall be transmitted to the
11Treasurer of the State of Illinois for deposit in each
12Veterans Home Fund, respectively, except that receipts
13attributable to the Illinois Veterans Home at Chicago shall be
14deposited into the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, and receipts
15attributable to the Illinois Veterans Home at Lincoln shall be
16deposited into the Illinois Veterans' Home of Central Illinois
17Fund.
18    The Department may investigate the financial condition of
19residents of a Home to determine their ability to pay
20maintenance charges and to establish standards as a basis of
21judgment for such determination. Such standards shall be
22recomputed periodically to reflect changes in the cost of
23living and other pertinent factors.
24    Refusal to pay the maintenance charges is cause for
25discharge of a resident from a Home.
26    The Department may collect any medical or health benefits

 

 

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1to which a resident may become entitled through tax supported
2or privately financed systems of insurance, as a result of his
3or her care or treatment in the facilities provided by the
4Department, or because of care or treatment in other
5facilities when such care or treatment has been paid for by the
6Department.
7    Admission of a resident is not limited or conditioned in
8any manner by the financial status of the resident or his or
9her ability to pay maintenance charges.
10    The Department may accept and hold on behalf of the State,
11if for the public interest, a grant, gift, devise, or bequest
12of money or property to the Department made in trust for the
13maintenance or support of a resident of an Illinois Veterans
14Home or for any other legitimate purpose. The Department shall
15cause each gift, grant, devise, or bequest to be kept as a
16distinct fund and shall invest the same in the manner provided
17by the laws of this State relating to securities in which the
18deposit in savings banks may be invested. However, the
19Department may, at its discretion, deposit in a proper trust
20company, bank, or savings bank, during the continuance of the
21trust, any fund left in trust for the life of a person and
22shall adopt rules and regulations governing the deposit,
23transfer, or withdrawal of the fund. The Department shall, on
24the expiration of any trust as provided in any instrument
25creating the trust, dispose of the fund in the manner provided
26in the instrument. The Department shall include in its

 

 

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1required reports a statement showing what funds are so held by
2it and the condition of the funds; provided that monies found
3on residents at the time of their admission or accruing to them
4during their residence at a Home and monies deposited with the
5administrators by relatives, guardians, or friends of
6residents for the special comfort and pleasure of the resident
7shall remain in the custody of the administrators who shall
8act as trustees for disbursement to, on behalf of, or for the
9benefit of the resident. All types of retirement and pension
10benefits from private and public sources may be paid directly
11to the administrator of a Home for deposit to the resident
12trust fund account.
13(Source: P.A. 100-392, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
14    (20 ILCS 2805/2.04)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.04)
15    Sec. 2.04. There shall be established in the State
16Treasury special funds known as (i) the LaSalle Veterans Home
17Fund, (ii) the Anna Veterans Home Fund, (iii) the Manteno
18Veterans Home Fund, and (iv) the Quincy Veterans Home Fund.
19All moneys received by an Illinois Veterans Home from Medicare
20and from maintenance charges to veterans, spouses, and
21surviving spouses residing at that Home shall be paid into
22that Home's Fund. All moneys received from the U.S. Department
23of Veterans Affairs for patient care shall be transmitted to
24the Treasurer of the State for deposit in the Veterans Home
25Fund for the Home in which the veteran resides. Appropriations

 

 

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1shall be made from a Fund only for the needs of the Home,
2including capital improvements, building rehabilitation, and
3repairs. The Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund shall be the
4Veterans Home Fund for the Illinois Veterans Home at Chicago.
5The Illinois Veterans' Home of Central Illinois Fund shall be
6the Veterans Home Fund for the Illinois Veterans Home at
7Lincoln.
8    The administrator of each Veterans Home shall establish a
9locally-held member's benefits fund. The Director may
10authorize the Veterans Home to conduct limited fundraising in
11accordance with applicable laws and regulations for which the
12sole purpose is to benefit the Veterans Home's member's
13benefits fund. Revenues accruing to an Illinois Veterans Home,
14including any donations, grants for the operation of the Home,
15profits from commissary stores, and funds received from any
16individual or other source, including limited fundraising,
17shall be deposited into that Home's benefits fund.
18Expenditures from the benefits funds shall be solely for the
19special comfort, pleasure, and amusement of residents.
20Contributors of unsolicited private donations may specify the
21purpose for which the private donations are to be used.
22    Upon request of the Department, the State's Attorney of
23the county in which a resident or living former resident of an
24Illinois Veterans Home who is liable under this Act for
25payment of sums representing maintenance charges resides shall
26file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against

 

 

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1any such person who fails or refuses to pay such sums. The
2court may order the payment of sums due to maintenance charges
3for such period or periods of time as the circumstances
4require.
5    Upon the death of a person who is or has been a resident of
6an Illinois Veterans Home who is liable for maintenance
7charges and who is possessed of property, the Department may
8present a claim for such sum or for the balance due in case
9less than the rate prescribed under this Act has been paid. The
10claim shall be allowed and paid as other lawful claims against
11the estate.
12    The administrator of each Veterans Home shall establish a
13locally-held trust fund to maintain moneys held for residents.
14Whenever the Department finds it necessary to preserve order,
15preserve health, or enforce discipline, the resident shall
16deposit in a trust account at the Home such monies from any
17source of income as may be determined necessary, and
18disbursement of these funds to the resident shall be made only
19by direction of the administrator.
20    If a resident of an Illinois Veterans Home has a dependent
21child, spouse, or parent the administrator may require that
22all monies received be deposited in a trust account with
23dependency contributions being made at the direction of the
24administrator. The balance retained in the trust account shall
25be disbursed to the resident at the time of discharge from the
26Home or to his or her heirs or legal representative at the time

 

 

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1of the resident's death, subject to Department regulations or
2order of the court.
3    The Director of Central Management Services, with the
4consent of the Director of Veterans' Affairs, is authorized
5and empowered to lease or let any real property held by the
6Department of Veterans' Affairs for an Illinois Veterans Home
7to entities or persons upon terms and conditions which are
8considered to be in the best interest of that Home. The real
9property must not be needed for any direct or immediate
10purpose of the Home. In any leasing or letting, primary
11consideration shall be given to the use of real property for
12agricultural purposes, and all moneys received shall be
13transmitted to the Treasurer of the State for deposit in the
14appropriate Veterans Home Fund.
15(Source: P.A. 99-314, eff. 8-7-15; 100-392, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.".