Bill Text: IL HB5683 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that a non-veteran spouse shall only have the same priority for admission to a Veterans Home as a veteran if the non-veteran spouse and his or her veteran spouse are admitted at the same to live together at the Veterans Home. Makes corresponding changes in provisions concerning the admission of a spouse to the Illinois Veterans Homes at Anna or Quincy.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0608 [HB5683 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5683-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-0608 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 1.5 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2805/1.5)
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Sec. 1.5. Definitions. In this Act:
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"Department" means the Illinois Department of Veterans' | ||||
Affairs.
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"Veterans Home", unless the context indicates otherwise, | ||||
means any or all of
the Illinois Veterans Homes operated and | ||||
maintained by the Department. "Veterans Home" includes a | ||||
facility operated and maintained by the Department in the City | ||||
of Quincy that provides housing to residents of the Veterans | ||||
Home at Quincy.
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(Source: P.A. 89-324, eff. 8-13-95.)
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