Full Text of HB4058 94th General Assembly
HB4058eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 2.01 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2805/2.01) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.01)
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| Sec. 2.01. Veterans Home admissions.
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| (a) Any honorably discharged veteran
is entitled to | 9 |
| admission to an Illinois
Veterans Home , if the applicant meets | 10 |
| the requirements of this Section. :
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| (b)
(a)
The Veteran must: | 12 |
| (1) have
Has served in the armed forces of the United | 13 |
| States at least
1 day in the Spanish American War, World | 14 |
| War I, World War II, the Korean
Conflict, the Viet Nam | 15 |
| Campaign, or the Persian Gulf Conflict
between the dates | 16 |
| recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or
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| between any other present or future dates recognized by the | 18 |
| U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs as a war period, or | 19 |
| have
has served in a hostile fire
environment and has been | 20 |
| awarded a campaign or expeditionary medal
signifying his or | 21 |
| her service,
for purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or
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| nursing home care; or | 23 |
| (2) have served and been honorably discharged or | 24 |
| retired from the armed forces of the United States for a | 25 |
| service connected disability or injury, for purposes of | 26 |
| eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home care; | 27 |
| (3) have served as an enlisted person at least 90 days | 28 |
| on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, | 29 |
| excluding service on active duty for training purposes | 30 |
| only, and entered active duty before September 8, 1980, for | 31 |
| purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home | 32 |
| care; |
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| (4) have served as an officer at least 90 days on | 2 |
| active duty in the armed forces of the United States, | 3 |
| excluding service on active duty for training purposes | 4 |
| only, and entered active duty before October 17, 1981, for | 5 |
| purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home | 6 |
| care; | 7 |
| (5) have served on active duty in the armed forces of | 8 |
| the United States for 24 months of continuous service or | 9 |
| more, excluding active duty for training purposes only, and | 10 |
| enlisted after September 7, 1980, for purposes of | 11 |
| eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home care; | 12 |
| (6) have served as a reservist in the armed forces of | 13 |
| the United States or the National Guard and the service | 14 |
| included being called to federal active duty, excluding | 15 |
| service on active duty for training purposes only, and who | 16 |
| completed the term,
for purposes of eligibility for | 17 |
| domiciliary or nursing home care;
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| (7) have been discharged for reasons of hardship or | 19 |
| released from active duty due to a reduction in the United | 20 |
| States armed forces prior to the completion of the required | 21 |
| period of service, regardless of the actual time served, | 22 |
| for purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or nursing home | 23 |
| care; or
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| (8) have
(2) Has (i) served on active duty in the armed | 25 |
| forces for
one year for purposes of eligibility for | 26 |
| domiciliary care only
or (ii) served in the National Guard | 27 |
| or Reserve Forces of the
United States and completed 20 | 28 |
| years of satisfactory service, be
is
otherwise eligible to | 29 |
| receive reserve or active duty retirement
benefits, and | 30 |
| have
has been an Illinois resident for at least one year
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| before applying for admission for purposes of eligibility
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| for domiciliary care only .
; and
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| (c) The veteran must have
(b) Has service accredited to the | 34 |
| State of Illinois or
have
has been a resident of this State for | 35 |
| one year immediately
preceding the date of application .
; and
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| (d)
(c) For admission to the Illinois Veterans Homes at |
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| Anna and
Quincy, the veteran must be
is disabled by disease, | 2 |
| wounds, or otherwise and because
of the disability be
is | 3 |
| incapable of earning a living .
; or
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| (e)
(d) For admission to the Illinois Veterans Homes at | 5 |
| LaSalle and Manteno
and for admission to the John Joseph Kelly | 6 |
| Veteran's Home,
the veteran must be
is disabled by disease, | 7 |
| wounds, or otherwise and, for purposes of eligibility
for | 8 |
| nursing home care, require
requires nursing care because of the | 9 |
| disability. | 10 |
| (f) An individual who served during a time of conflict as | 11 |
| set forth in subsection (a)(1) of this Section has preference | 12 |
| over all other qualifying candidates, for purposes of | 13 |
| eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home care at any | 14 |
| Illinois Veterans Home.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-634, eff. 8-19-99; 92-351, eff. 1-1-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 |
| becoming law.
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