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20 ILCS 2805/2.04

(20 ILCS 2805/2.04) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.04)

Sec. 2.04.

There shall be established in the State Treasury special funds
known as (i) the LaSalle Veterans Home Fund, (ii) the Anna Veterans Home Fund,
(iii) the Manteno Veterans Home Fund, and (iv) the Quincy Veterans Home
Fund.
All moneys received by an Illinois Veterans Home from Medicare and from
maintenance charges to veterans, spouses, and surviving  spouses residing at
that Home shall be paid into that Home's Fund.  All moneys
received from the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for patient care shall be transmitted to
the Treasurer of the State for deposit in the Veterans Home Fund for the Home
in which the veteran resides.  Appropriations shall be made from a Fund only
for the needs of the Home, including capital improvements, building
rehabilitation, and repairs. The Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund shall be the Veterans Home Fund for the Illinois Veterans Home at Chicago.

The administrator of each Veterans Home shall establish a locally held

member's benefits fund. The Director may authorize the Veterans Home to conduct limited fundraising in accordance with applicable laws and regulations for which the sole purpose is to benefit the Veterans Home's member's benefits fund. Revenues accruing to an Illinois Veterans Home,
including any donations, grants for the operation of the Home, profits from
commissary stores, and funds received from any individual or other source, including limited fundraising,
shall be  deposited into that Home's benefits fund.  Expenditures from the benefits funds
shall
be solely for the special comfort, pleasure, and amusement of residents.
Contributors of unsolicited private donations may specify the purpose for which
the private donations are to be used.

Upon request of the Department, the State's Attorney of the county in which
a resident or living former resident of an Illinois Veterans Home
who is liable under this Act
for payment of sums representing maintenance charges resides shall file
an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any such person who
fails or refuses to pay such sums. The court may order the payment of sums
due to maintenance charges for such period or periods of time as the
circumstances require.

Upon the death of a person who is or has been a resident of an
Illinois Veterans Home who is
liable for maintenance charges and who is possessed of property, the
Department may present a claim for such sum or for the balance due in
case less than the rate prescribed under this Act has been paid.  The
claim shall be allowed and paid as other lawful claims against the estate.

The administrator of each Veterans Home shall establish a locally held

trust fund to maintain moneys held for residents.  Whenever the Department
finds it necessary to preserve order,
preserve health, or enforce discipline, the resident shall deposit in a
trust account at the Home such monies from any source of income as may
be determined necessary, and disbursement of these funds to the resident
shall be made only by direction of the administrator.

If a resident of an Illinois Veterans Home has a
dependent child, spouse, or parent the administrator may
require that all monies
received be deposited in a trust account with dependency contributions
being made at the direction of the administrator.  The balance retained
in the trust account shall be disbursed to the resident at the time of
discharge from the Home or to his or her heirs or legal representative
at the time of the resident's death, subject to Department regulations
or order of the court.

The Director of Central Management Services, with the
consent of the Director of Veterans' Affairs, is authorized
and empowered to lease or let any real property held by the Department of
Veterans' Affairs for an Illinois Veterans Home to entities or
persons upon terms and conditions which are considered to be in the best
interest of that Home.  The real property must not be needed for any direct
or immediate purpose of the Home.  In any leasing or letting, primary
consideration shall be given to the use of real property for agricultural
purposes, and all moneys received shall be transmitted to the Treasurer of
the State for deposit in the appropriate Veterans Home Fund.

Each administrator of an Illinois Veterans Home who has an established locally held 
member's benefits fund shall prepare and submit to the Department a monthly report of all donations received, including donations of a nonmonetary nature. The report shall include the end of month balance of the locally held 
member's benefits fund.

(Source: P.A. 102-549, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)