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90_HB1318
20 ILCS 2310/55.84 new
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
concerning the Department of Public Health. Provides for the
creation of an Aging Veterans Task Force to study the State's
capability to provide health care to veterans after the year
2000. Provides that the task force shall make recommendations
to improve this capability to the Department by January 1,
1999.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
2 by adding Section 55.84.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 55.84 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2310/55.84 new)
8 Sec. 55.84. Aging Veterans Task Force.
9 (a) The Director of Public Health shall appoint an Aging
10 Veterans Task Force to study the capability of the State to
11 provide health care to veterans of the armed forces after the
12 year 2000. The task force shall consist of persons
13 representing the Department, the Department of Veterans'
14 Affairs, Illinois Veterans Homes, hospitals, nursing homes,
15 other health care facilities, and advocates for residents of
16 Illinois Veterans Homes, hospitals, nursing homes, and other
17 health care facilities. Members of the task force shall
18 serve without compensation other than reimbursement for
19 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
20 duties.
21 (b) The task force shall conduct a comprehensive
22 examination of the future demands for health care by the
23 State's aging veteran population and the ability of the State
24 to provide that health care.
25 (c) The task force shall make recommendations to assist
26 the Department and the Department of Veterans' Affairs in
27 developing agency and legislative changes to provide health
28 care to the State's veterans after the year 2000. The task
29 force shall report its recommendations to the Department
30 before January 1, 1999.