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90_HB2710

      20 ILCS 2805/2d new
          Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act.   Provides
      that  subject to appropriation, the Department shall increase
      by at least 80 beds the capacity  of  the  Illinois  Veterans
      Home  at  LaSalle and shall request and expend federal grants
      for this Veterans Home addition.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Act by
 2    adding Section 2d.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Department  of Veterans Affairs Act is
 6    amended by adding Section 2d as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 2805/2d new)
 8        Sec. 2d.  LaSalle Veterans Home capacity.
 9        (a)  The Department finds that the Illinois Veterans Home
10    at LaSalle requires an increase in capacity to  better  serve
11    the  north  central region of Illinois and to accommodate the
12    increasing number of Illinois veterans eligible for care.
13        (b)  Subject  to  appropriation,  the  Department   shall
14    increase  by  at  least  80 beds the capacity of the Illinois
15    Veterans Home at LaSalle and shall request and expend federal
16    grants for this Veterans Home addition.

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