Bill Amendment: IL HB3424 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: DEPT VET AFF-TASK FORCE
Status: 2019-05-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB3424 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3424-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: DEPT VET AFF-TASK FORCE
Status: 2019-05-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB3424 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3424-House_Amendment_001.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3424
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3424 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 6 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 2805/6 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 6. Veterans' Disability Compensation Task Force. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Veterans' Disability Compensation Task Force is | ||||||
| 9 | created to assess ways the State of Illinois can improve the | ||||||
| 10 | rate at which disability compensation claims are approved by | ||||||
| 11 | the federal government and correct the disparity between the | ||||||
| 12 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' approval of disability | ||||||
| 13 | compensation for Illinois veterans and that which is approved | ||||||
| 14 | for veterans in other states. | ||||||
| 15 | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the chair and minority | ||||||
| 16 | spokesperson of the Veterans' Affairs Committee in the House of | ||||||
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| 1 | Representatives, the chair and minority spokesperson of the | ||||||
| 2 | Veterans Affairs Committee in the Senate, and 15 members | ||||||
| 3 | appointed by the chair of the Veterans' Affairs Committee in | ||||||
| 4 | the House of Representatives and the chair of the Veterans | ||||||
| 5 | Affairs Committee in the Senate. Those appointed to the Task | ||||||
| 6 | Force shall be members of different Illinois counties' Veterans | ||||||
| 7 | Assistance Commissions, Veteran Service Officers, and VITAS | ||||||
| 8 | officials. | ||||||
| 9 | (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation but | ||||||
| 10 | may be reimbursed for any travel expenses incurred in attending | ||||||
| 11 | meetings. Within 60 days of the effective date of this | ||||||
| 12 | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Task Force | ||||||
| 13 | shall meet, and thereafter shall meet at least quarterly. | ||||||
| 14 | (d) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide | ||||||
| 15 | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 16 | (e) The Task Force shall prepare a report that summarizes | ||||||
| 17 | its work and makes recommendations resulting from its study. | ||||||
| 18 | The Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and any | ||||||
| 19 | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or | ||||||
| 20 | before July 1, 2020. | ||||||
| 21 | (f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2021.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.".
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