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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;
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1 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)