Bill Text: IL SB2017 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the FY2022 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2022 budget recommendations. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-11-09 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins [SB2017 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB2017-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB2017 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2805/38
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that the Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force shall meet at least once every 2 months beginning on or before January 1, 2022 (rather than beginning July 1, 2019). Removes language requiring the Director of Veterans' Affairs or the Director's designee to serve as chairperson of the Task Force and replaces it with language providing that Task Force members shall select from among themselves a chairperson or co-chairpersons at the initial Task Force meeting. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report of its findings to the Governor and General Assembly on or before June 1, 2023 (rather than December 31, 2020). Provides that the Task Force is dissolved, and the provisions repealed, on December 31, 2023 (rather than 2021). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is
amended by changing Section 38 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2805/38)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
Sec. 38. Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force.
(a) The Veterans' Service-Related Ailments Task Force is
created. The Task Force shall review and make recommendations
regarding veterans' service-related ailments that are not
recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
including exploring why certain service-related ailments are
not recognized and determining what may be done to have them
recognized.
Additionally, the Task Force shall assess ways the State
of Illinois can improve the rate at which disability
compensation claims are approved by the federal government and
correct the disparity between the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs' approval of disability compensation for Illinois
veterans and that which is approved for veterans in other
states.
(b) The Task Force shall have 15 members, comprised as

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follows:
(1) The Director of Veterans' Affairs or the
Director's designee, who shall serve as chairperson.
(2) 2 Members from the House of Representatives,
appointed one each by the Speaker of the House and the
House Minority Leader.
(3) 2 Members of the Senate, appointed one each by the
President of the Senate and the Senate Minority Leader.
(4) One veteran, appointed by the Director of
Veterans' Affairs.
(5) One medical professional with experience working
with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, appointed by
the Director of Veterans' Affairs.
(6) 4 representatives from a variety of veterans
organizations representing geographic diversity in the
State, appointed by the Director of Veterans' Affairs.
(7) 4 members, one of whom shall be appointed by the
chair of the Veterans' Affairs Committee of the House of
Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed by the
minority spokesperson of the Veterans' Affairs Committee
of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be
appointed by the chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee
of the Senate, and one of whom shall be appointed by the
minority spokesperson of the Veterans Affairs Committee of
the Senate. Those appointed to the Task Force under this
paragraph shall be members of different Illinois counties'

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Veterans Assistance Commissions, Veteran Service Officers,
and VITAS officials.
Task Force members shall serve without compensation but
may be reimbursed for their expenses incurred in performing
their duties.
(c) The Task Force shall meet at least once every 2 months
beginning on or before January 1, 2022 July 1, 2019, and at
other times as determined by the Task Force. Task Force
members shall select from among themselves a chairperson or
co-chairpersons at the initial Task Force meeting.
(d) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide
administrative and other support to the Task Force.
(e) The Task Force shall prepare a report that summarizes
its work and makes recommendations resulting from its study.
The Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and
recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or
before June 1, 2023 by December 31, 2020. The Task Force is
dissolved, and this Section is repealed, on December 31, 2023
2021.
(Source: P.A. 101-225, eff. 8-9-19.)