093_HB1796

 
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 1    AN ACT concerning veterans.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Department of Public  Health  Powers  and
 5    Duties  Law  of  the Civil Administration Code of Illinois is
 6    amended by changing Section 2310-80 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2310/2310-80) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.89)
 8        Sec. 2310-80.  Aging Veterans Task Force.
 9        (a)  The Director shall appoint an  Aging  Veterans  Task
10    Force  to study the capability of the State to provide health
11    care to veterans of the armed forces  after  the  year  2000.
12    The  task  force  shall  consist  of persons representing the
13    Department, the Department  of  Veterans'  Affairs,  Illinois
14    Veterans  Homes,  hospitals, nursing homes, other health care
15    facilities, and advocates for residents of Illinois  Veterans
16    Homes,  hospitals,  nursing  homes,  and  other  health  care
17    facilities.   Members  of  the task force shall serve without
18    compensation but shall be reimbursed other than reimbursement
19    for 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.
31    (Source: P.A.  90-693,  eff.  8-7-98;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
 
                            -2-      LRB093 05189 LCB 05249 b
 1    91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)