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| Public Act 100-0942
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| SB3193 Enrolled | LRB100 19559 MJP 34827 b |
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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 Sections 2.01 and 2.05 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2805/2.01) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.01)
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Sec. 2.01. Veterans Home admissions.
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(a) Any honorably discharged veteran
is entitled to |
admission to an Illinois
Veterans Home if the applicant meets |
the requirements of this Section.
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(b)
The veteran must: |
(1) have served in the armed forces of the United |
States at least
1 day in World War II, the Korean
Conflict, |
the Viet Nam Campaign, or the Persian Gulf Conflict
between |
the dates recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans |
Affairs or
between any other present or future dates |
recognized by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs as a |
war period, or have served in a hostile fire
environment |
and has been awarded a campaign or expeditionary medal
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signifying his or her service,
for purposes of eligibility |
for domiciliary or
nursing home care; |
(2) have served and been honorably discharged or |
retired from the armed forces of the United States for a |
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service connected disability or injury, for purposes of |
eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home care; |
(3) have served as an enlisted person at least 90 days |
on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, |
excluding service on active duty for training purposes |
only, and entered active duty before September 8, 1980, for |
purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home |
care; |
(4) have served as an officer at least 90 days on |
active duty in the armed forces of the United States, |
excluding service on active duty for training purposes |
only, and entered active duty before October 17, 1981, for |
purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home |
care; |
(5) have served on active duty in the armed forces of |
the United States for 24 months of continuous service or |
more, excluding active duty for training purposes only, and |
enlisted after September 7, 1980, for purposes of |
eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home care; |
(6) have served as a reservist in the armed forces of |
the United States or the National Guard and the service |
included being called to federal active duty, excluding |
service on active duty for training purposes only, and who |
completed the term,
for purposes of eligibility for |
domiciliary or nursing home care;
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(7) have been discharged for reasons of hardship or |
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released from active duty due to a reduction in the United |
States armed forces prior to the completion of the required |
period of service, regardless of the actual time served, |
for purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or nursing home |
care; or
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(8) have served in the National Guard or Reserve Forces |
of the
United States and completed 20 years of satisfactory |
service, be
otherwise eligible to receive reserve or active |
duty retirement
benefits, and have been an Illinois |
resident for at least one year
before applying for |
admission for purposes of eligibility
for domiciliary care |
only.
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(c) The veteran must have service accredited to the State |
of Illinois or
have been a resident of this State for one year |
immediately
preceding the date of application.
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(d) For admission to the Illinois Veterans Homes at Anna |
and
Quincy, the veteran must have developed a disability by |
disease, wounds, or otherwise and because
of the disability be |
incapable of earning a living.
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(e) For admission to the Illinois Veterans Homes at |
Chicago, LaSalle, and Manteno,
the veteran must have developed |
a disability by disease, wounds, or otherwise and, for purposes |
of eligibility
for nursing home care, require nursing care |
because of the disability. |
(f) An individual who served during a time of conflict as |
set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this Section |
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has preference over all other qualifying candidates, for |
purposes of eligibility for domiciliary or
nursing home care at |
any Illinois Veterans Home.
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(g) A veteran or spouse, once admitted to an Illinois |
Veterans Home facility, is considered a resident for |
interfacility purposes. |
(h) 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 time to live together at the Veterans Home. |
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-314, eff. 8-7-15; |
99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-392, eff. 8-25-17.)
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(20 ILCS 2805/2.05) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.05)
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Sec. 2.05.
When any veteran is a resident or becomes a
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resident of the Illinois Veterans Homes at Anna or Quincy, the
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spouse of the veteran may be admitted as a resident of the |
Home, subject to the
rules and regulations of the Home |
governing the admission of applicants and in accordance with |
subsection (h) of Section 2.01, if (i)
the spouse was married |
to the veteran for at least 5 years
preceding the date of |
making application for admission, and (ii) the spouse
has no |
adequate means of support and is unable to earn a living.
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Preference for filling vacant beds or for filling beds from a |
waiting list
shall first be granted to eligible veterans, |
except as provided under subsection (h) of Section 2.01.
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Every veteran residing in a Home whose spouse is also a
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resident shall deposit in his or her trust account at the Home |
such
monies from any source of income as may be deemed |
necessary
by the administrator for the personal comfort needs |
of
the spouse. If the veteran does not have a monthly income or |
cash assets, the
personal comfort needs of the resident spouse |
shall be provided by the State.
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Upon the death of a veteran who has been a resident of a |
Home, the
surviving spouse, if he or she so desires, may |
thereafter remain for life
in the Illinois Veterans Home at |
Quincy or the Illinois Veterans Home at
Anna, subject to the |
rules and
regulations of the Home.
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(Source: P.A. 88-160; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95.)
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