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90_HB1318enr

      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.
                                                     LRB9003864PTcw
HB1318 Enrolled                                LRB9003864PTcw
 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.
HB1318 Enrolled             -2-                LRB9003864PTcw
 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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