Full Text of SR0055 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1990, The LaSalle Veterans' Home opened in a | 3 | | residential area on the northeast side of LaSalle in LaSalle | 4 | | County on a campus of slightly more than four acres; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The LaSalle Veterans' Home can house over 180 | 6 | | residents and employs over 230 staff; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, COVID-19 is a severe, potentially lethal virus | 8 | | spread through close human interaction; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, On November 1, 2020, the first four cases of a | 10 | | large scale COVID-19 outbreak were reported at the LaSalle | 11 | | Veterans' Home; this outbreak would shortly claim the lives of | 12 | | 33 residents; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Between November 1, 2020 and January 4, 2021, | 14 | | more than 200 residents and staff tested positive for the | 15 | | coronavirus, leading to the deaths of 36 resident veterans; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), | 18 | | in coordination with the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs, | 19 | | conducted an onsite visit on November 12, 2020; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The LaSalle Veterans' Home followed the | 2 | | recommendations of IDPH and completed remediations of key | 3 | | findings in the November 12, 2020 onsite visit; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In December of 2020, Senate and House hearings | 5 | | were conducted without the presence of an individual with | 6 | | decision-making authority from the IDPH; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is | 9 | | directed to conduct a performance audit of the Illinois | 10 | | Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Illinois Department of | 11 | | Public Health's management of the 2020 coronavirus outbreak at | 12 | | the LaSalle Veterans' Home; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That this performance audit include, but not be | 14 | | limited to, the following determinations: | 15 | | (1) The responses of the Department of Veterans' | 16 | | Affairs and Department of Public Health to the outbreak of | 17 | | COVID-19 in November and December of 2020; | 18 | | (2) The type, cost, and timing of any infrastructure | 19 | | or other building improvements intended to contain the | 20 | | further spread of coronavirus; | 21 | | (3) The nature of changes made by the Departments in | 22 | | operating protocols and staff training thereon intended to | 23 | | contain the further spread of coronavirus or prevent its |
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| 1 | | reoccurrence; | 2 | | (4) The nature and extent of monitoring conducted by | 3 | | the Departments to determine whether the improvements and | 4 | | protocols put in place are effective to ensure the safety | 5 | | of residents and staff at the LaSalle Veterans' Home; and | 6 | | (5) The amount of State moneys received and the amount | 7 | | of state moneys expended by the Departments or any other | 8 | | State agency during State fiscal years 2021 for any | 9 | | improvements, monitoring, and other measures taken to | 10 | | address the coronavirus pandemic at the LaSalle Veterans' | 11 | | Home; and be it further;
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Veterans' | 13 | | Affairs, Illinois Department of Public Health, and any other | 14 | | State agency or other entity or person that may have | 15 | | information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and | 16 | | promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its audit; and | 17 | | be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 19 | | soon as practical and report its findings and recommendations | 20 | | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 21 | | 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 | | presented to the Auditor General.
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