Full Text of SB2250 102nd General Assembly
SB2250 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB2250 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 2805/2.01a | from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.01a |
20 ILCS 2805/2.04 | from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.04 |
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Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that each administrator of an Illinois Veterans Home who has an established locally-held
member's benefits fund shall prepare and submit to the Department of Veterans' Affairs a monthly report of all donations received, including donations of a nonmonetary nature. Provides that the report shall include the end of month balance of the locally-held
member's benefits fund. Provides that the Department shall prepare a quarterly report on all locally-held
member's benefits funds from each Illinois Veterans Home. Provides that the report shall contain the amount of donations received for each veterans' home, including monetary and nonmonetary items, the expenditures and items dispersed, and the end of quarter balance of the locally-held
member's benefits funds. Provides that the Department shall submit the quarterly report to the General Assembly and to the Governor and publish the report on its website.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 2.01a and 2.04 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 2805/2.01a) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.01a)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.01a. Members benefits fund; personal property. The
| 8 | | Department
shall direct the expenditure of all money which
has | 9 | | been or may be received by any officer of an Illinois Veterans | 10 | | Home
including profit on sales from commissary stores. The | 11 | | money shall be deposited
into the members benefits fund and | 12 | | expenditures from the fund
shall be made
under the direction | 13 | | of the Department for the special comfort, pleasure, and
| 14 | | amusement of residents and employees, provided that amounts | 15 | | expended for
comfort, pleasure,
and amusement of employees | 16 | | shall not exceed the amount of profits derived from
sales made | 17 | | to employees by such commissaries, as determined by the | 18 | | Department. The Department may also make expenditures from the | 19 | | fund, subject to approval by the Director of Veterans' | 20 | | Affairs, for recognition and appreciation programs for | 21 | | volunteers who assist the Veterans Homes.
Expenditures from | 22 | | the fund may not be used to supplement a
shortfall in the | 23 | | ordinary and contingent operating expenses of the Home and
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| 1 | | shall be expended only for the special comfort, pleasure, and | 2 | | amusement of the
residents.
| 3 | | The Department shall prepare a quarterly report on all | 4 | | locally-held
member's benefits funds from each Illinois | 5 | | Veterans Home. The report shall contain the amount of | 6 | | donations received for each veterans' home, including monetary | 7 | | and nonmonetary items, the expenditures and items dispersed, | 8 | | and the end of quarter balance of the locally-held
member's | 9 | | benefits funds. The Department shall submit the quarterly | 10 | | report to the General Assembly and to the Governor and publish | 11 | | the report on its website. | 12 | | Money received as interest and income on funds deposited | 13 | | for residents
of an Illinois Veterans Home shall be paid to the | 14 | | individual accounts of the residents.
If home residents choose | 15 | | to hold savings accounts or other
investments outside the | 16 | | Home, interest or income on the individual savings
accounts or | 17 | | investments of residents shall
accrue
to the individual | 18 | | accounts of the residents.
| 19 | | Any money belonging to residents separated by death, | 20 | | discharge, or
unauthorized absence from an Illinois Veterans | 21 | | Home, in custody of officers
thereof, may, if unclaimed by the | 22 | | resident or the legal
representatives thereof for a period of | 23 | | 2 years, be expended at the
direction of the Department for the | 24 | | purposes and in the manner specified
above. Articles of | 25 | | personal property, with the exception of clothing left
in the | 26 | | custody of officers, shall, if unclaimed for the period of
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| 1 | | years, be sold and the money disposed of in the same manner.
| 2 | | Clothing left at a Home by residents at the time of | 3 | | separation
may be used as determined by the Home if unclaimed | 4 | | by the resident
or legal representatives thereof within 30 | 5 | | days after notification.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 100-889, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2805/2.04) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.04)
| 8 | | Sec. 2.04.
There shall be established in the State | 9 | | Treasury special funds
known as (i) the LaSalle Veterans Home | 10 | | Fund, (ii) the Anna Veterans Home Fund,
(iii) the Manteno | 11 | | Veterans Home Fund, and (iv) the Quincy Veterans Home
Fund.
| 12 | | All moneys received by an Illinois Veterans Home from Medicare | 13 | | and from
maintenance charges to veterans, spouses, and | 14 | | surviving spouses residing at
that Home shall be paid into | 15 | | that Home's Fund. All moneys
received from the
U.S. Department | 16 | | of Veterans Affairs for patient care shall be transmitted to
| 17 | | the Treasurer of the State for deposit in the Veterans Home | 18 | | Fund for the Home
in which the veteran resides. Appropriations | 19 | | shall be made from a Fund only
for the needs of the Home, | 20 | | including capital improvements, building
rehabilitation, and | 21 | | repairs. The Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund shall be the | 22 | | Veterans Home Fund for the Illinois Veterans Home at Chicago.
| 23 | | The administrator of each Veterans Home shall establish a
| 24 | | locally-held
member's benefits fund. The Director may | 25 | | authorize the Veterans Home to conduct limited fundraising in |
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| 1 | | accordance with applicable laws and regulations for which the | 2 | | sole purpose is to benefit the Veterans Home's member's | 3 | | benefits fund. Revenues accruing to an Illinois Veterans Home,
| 4 | | including any donations, grants for the operation of the Home, | 5 | | profits from
commissary stores, and funds received from any | 6 | | individual or other source, including limited fundraising,
| 7 | | shall be deposited into that Home's benefits fund. | 8 | | Expenditures from the benefits funds
shall
be solely for the | 9 | | special comfort, pleasure, and amusement of residents.
| 10 | | Contributors of unsolicited private donations may specify the | 11 | | purpose for which
the private donations are to be used.
| 12 | | Upon request of the Department, the State's Attorney of | 13 | | the county in which
a resident or living former resident of an | 14 | | Illinois Veterans Home
who is liable under this Act
for | 15 | | payment of sums representing maintenance charges resides shall | 16 | | file
an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against | 17 | | any such person who
fails or refuses to pay such sums. The | 18 | | court may order the payment of sums
due to maintenance charges | 19 | | for such period or periods of time as the
circumstances | 20 | | require.
| 21 | | Upon the death of a person who is or has been a resident of | 22 | | an
Illinois Veterans Home who is
liable for maintenance | 23 | | charges and who is possessed of property, the
Department may | 24 | | present a claim for such sum or for the balance due in
case | 25 | | less than the rate prescribed under this Act has been paid. The
| 26 | | claim shall be allowed and paid as other lawful claims against |
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| 1 | | the estate.
| 2 | | The administrator of each Veterans Home shall establish a
| 3 | | locally-held
trust fund to maintain moneys held for residents. | 4 | | Whenever the Department
finds it necessary to preserve order,
| 5 | | preserve health, or enforce discipline, the resident shall | 6 | | deposit in a
trust account at the Home such monies from any | 7 | | source of income as may
be determined necessary, and | 8 | | disbursement of these funds to the resident
shall be made only | 9 | | by direction of the administrator.
| 10 | | If a resident of an Illinois Veterans Home has a
dependent | 11 | | child, spouse, or parent the administrator may
require that | 12 | | all monies
received be deposited in a trust account with | 13 | | dependency contributions
being made at the direction of the | 14 | | administrator. The balance retained
in the trust account shall | 15 | | be disbursed to the resident at the time of
discharge from the | 16 | | Home or to his or her heirs or legal representative
at the time | 17 | | of the resident's death, subject to Department regulations
or | 18 | | order of the court.
| 19 | | The Director of Central Management Services, with the
| 20 | | consent of the Director of Veterans' Affairs, is authorized
| 21 | | and empowered to lease or let any real property held by the | 22 | | Department of
Veterans' Affairs for an Illinois Veterans Home | 23 | | to entities or
persons upon terms and conditions which are | 24 | | considered to be in the best
interest of that Home. The real | 25 | | property must not be needed for any direct
or immediate | 26 | | purpose of the Home. In any leasing or letting, primary
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| 1 | | consideration shall be given to the use of real property for | 2 | | agricultural
purposes, and all moneys received shall be | 3 | | transmitted to the Treasurer of
the State for deposit in the | 4 | | appropriate Veterans Home Fund. | 5 | | Each administrator of an Illinois Veterans Home who has an | 6 | | established locally-held
member's benefits fund shall prepare | 7 | | and submit to the Department a monthly report of all donations | 8 | | received, including donations of a nonmonetary nature. The | 9 | | report shall include the end of month balance of the | 10 | | locally-held
member's benefits fund.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 99-314, eff. 8-7-15; 100-392, eff. 8-25-17.)
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