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                                     LRB093 07814 LCB 12544 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1608

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1608  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Department of Veterans Affairs Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 2f as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 2805/2f new)
 7        Sec. 2f.  Anna Veterans Home capacity.
 8        (a)  The Department finds that the Illinois Veterans Home
 9    at Anna requires an increase in capacity to better serve  the
10    southern region of Illinois and to accommodate the increasing
11    number of Illinois veterans eligible for care.
12        (b)  Subject   to  appropriation,  the  Department  shall
13    increase by at least 40 beds the  capacity  of  the  Illinois
14    Veterans  Home  at  Anna and shall request and expend federal
15    grants for this Veterans Home addition.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-634, eff. 8-19-99; 92-671, eff. 7-16-02.)

17        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
18    becoming law.".