Bill Title: Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that a veteran is entitled to admission to an Illinois Veterans Home if he or she has served in the National Guard or Reserve Forces of the United States and completed 20 years of satisfactory service, is otherwise eligible to receive reserve or active duty retirement benefits, and has been an Illinois resident for at least one year before applying for admission for purposes of eligibility for domiciliary care or nursing home care (currently, only domiciliary care). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier [HB5359 Detail]

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Introduced	2022-01-28	HTML/Text	Link	View

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