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90_SB1437
20 ILCS 2805/2d new
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Provides
that subject to appropriation, the Department shall increase
by at least 80 beds the capacity of the Illinois Veterans
Home at LaSalle and shall request and expend federal grants
for this Veterans Home addition.
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LRB9011317PTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Act by
2 adding Section 2d.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is
6 amended by adding Section 2d as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2805/2d new)
8 Sec. 2d. LaSalle Veterans Home capacity.
9 (a) The Department finds that the Illinois Veterans Home
10 at LaSalle requires an increase in capacity to better serve
11 the north central region of Illinois and to accommodate the
12 increasing number of Illinois veterans eligible for care.
13 (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
14 increase by at least 80 beds the capacity of the Illinois
15 Veterans Home at LaSalle and shall request and expend federal
16 grants for this Veterans Home addition.