Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

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11 SB3853
22 A BILL FOR
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44 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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66 State of Illinois
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88 2023 and 2024
99 SB3853
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1111 Introduced 2/28/2024, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
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1313 SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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1515 Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
1616 expenses of the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the fiscal
1717 year beginning July 1, 2024, as follows:
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1919 General Funds $169,387,500
2020 Other State Funds $ 65,473,100
2121 Federal Funds $ 2,607,800
2222 Total $237,468,400
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3232 AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
3333
3434 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
3535 in the General Assembly: 3
3636
3737 ARTICLE 1 4
3838
3939 Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
4040 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 6
4141 hereinafter named, are appropriated from the General Revenue 7
4242 Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs: 8
4343 CENTRAL OFFICE 9
4444 For Personal Services ............................. 8,510,000 10
4545 For State Contributions to Social 11
4646 Security ................................ ...........640,700 12
4747 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 13
4848 For Travel ................................ ................0 14
4949 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 15
5050 For Printing ................................ ..............0 16
5151 For Equipment ................................ .............0 17
5252 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 18
5353 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 19
5454 For Operation of Auto E quipment ........................... 0 20
5555 Total $9,150,700 21
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5858 Section 2. The amount of $4,947,300, or so much thereof 1
5959 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 2
6060 Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 3
6161 associated with the Central Office. 4
6262 5
6363 Section 5. The sum of $1,096,200, or so much thereof as may 6
6464 be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 7
6565 the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs associated 8
6666 with the Veterans’ Accountability Unit. 9
6767
6868 Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 10
6969 as may be necessary, are appropriated from the General Revenue 11
7070 Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and 12
7171 purposes and in the amounts set forth as follows: 13
7272 GRANTS-IN-AID 14
7373 For Bonus Payments to War Vete rans and Peacetime 15
7474 Crisis Survivors ................................ ...198,000 16
7575 For Providing Educational Opportunities for 17
7676 Children of Certain Veterans, as provided 18
7777 by law, including Prior Years Claims ...............100,000 19
7878 Total $298,000 20
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8080 Section 15. The sum of $3,500,000, or so much ther eof as 21
8181 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 22
8282 to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the payment of 23 SB3853 -3- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
8383
8484 scholarships to students who are dependents of Illinois 1
8585 resident military personnel declared to be prisoners of war, 2
8686 missing in action, killed or permanently disabled, as provided 3
8787 by law. 4
8888
8989 Section 20. The following named amount, or so much thereof 5
9090 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 6
9191 Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the object and 7
9292 purpose and in the amount set forth below as follows: 8
9393 For Cartage and Erection of Veterans’ 9
9494 Headstones, including Prior Years Claims ...........425,000 10
9595
9696 Section 25. The amount of $250,000, or so much thereof as 11
9797 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Gener al Revenue Fund 12
9898 to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs associated 13
9999 with the Illinois Warrior Assistance Program. 14
100100
101101 Section 30. The amount of $27,030,900, or so much thereof 15
102102 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 16
103103 Fund to th e Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs 17
104104 associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Chicago. 18
105105
106106 Section 31. The amount of $5,000,000, or so much thereof 19
107107 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois 20
108108 Veterans’ Homes Fund to the Department o f Veterans’ Affairs for 21 SB3853 -4- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
109109
110110 costs associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Chicago. 1
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112112 Section 35. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof 2
113113 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Veterans 3
114114 Assistance Fund to the Department of Veterans ’ Affairs for 4
115115 making grants, funding additional services, or conducting 5
116116 additional research projects relating to veterans’ post 6
117117 traumatic stress disorder; veterans’ homelessness; the health 7
118118 insurance cost of veterans; veterans’ disability benefits, 8
119119 including but not limited to, disability benefits provided by 9
120120 veterans service organizations and veterans assistance 10
121121 commissions or centers; and the long -term care of veterans. 11
122122
123123 Section 40. The following named amount, or so much thereof 12
124124 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois 13
125125 Affordable Housing Trust Fund to the Department of Veterans' 14
126126 Affairs for the object and purpose and in the amount set forth 15
127127 as follows: 16
128128 For Specially Adapted Housing for Veterans ..........240,000 17
129129
130130 Section 45. The amount of $250,0 00, or so much thereof as 18
131131 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Military 19
132132 Family Relief Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for 20
133133 the payment of benefits authorized under the Survivors 21
134134 Compensation Act. 22 SB3853 -5- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
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137137 Section 50. The following name d amounts, or so much thereof 1
138138 as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 2
139139 Department of Veterans' Affairs for objects and purposes 3
140140 hereinafter named: 4
141141 VETERANS' FIELD SERVICES 5
142142 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 6
143143 For Personal Services ............................. 5,700,000 7
144144 For State Contributions to Social 8
145145 Security ................................ ...........433,700 9
146146 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 10
147147 For Travel ................................ ................0 11
148148 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 12
149149 For Printing ................................ ..............0 13
150150 For Equipment ................................ .............0 14
151151 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 15
152152 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 16
153153 For Operation of Auto Equip ment ........................... 0 17
154154 Total $6,133,700 18
155155
156156 Section 51. The amount of $2,201,900, or so much thereof 19
157157 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 20
158158 Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 21
159159 associated with Veterans’ Field Services. 22
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162162 Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 1
163163 as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 2
164164 Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 3
165165 hereinafter named: 4
166166 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT ANNA 5
167167 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 6
168168 For Personal Services ............................. 6,343,100 7
169169 For State Contributions to 8
170170 Social Security ................................ ....486,300 9
171171 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 10
172172 For Travel ................................ ................0 11
173173 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 12
174174 For Printing ................................ ..............0 13
175175 For Equipment ................................ .............0 14
176176 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 15
177177 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 16
178178 For Operation of Auto ................................ .....0 17
179179 Total $6,829,400 18
180180 Payable from Anna Veterans Home Fund: 19
181181 For Personal Services ............................. 1,155,600 20
182182 For State Contributions to the State 21
183183 Employees' Retirement System ....................... 608,400 22
184184 For State Contributions to 23
185185 Social Security ................................ .....90,000 24
186186 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 25 SB3853 -7- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
187187
188188 For Travel ................................ ................0 1
189189 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 2
190190 For Printing ................................ ..............0 3
191191 For Equipment ................................ .............0 4
192192 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 5
193193 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 6
194194 For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 7
195195 For Permanent Improvements ........................... 10,000 8
196196 For Refunds ................................ ..........30,000 9
197197 Total $1,894,000 10
198198
199199 Section 56. The amount of $2,300,000, or so much thereof 11
200200 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Anna Veterans 12
201201 Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 13
202202 associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Anna, including 14
203203 prior years' costs. 15
204204
205205 Section 57. The amount of $2,312,000, or so much thereof 16
206206 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 17
207207 Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 18
208208 associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Anna, including 19
209209 prior years' costs. 20
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211211 Section 60. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 21
212212 as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 22 SB3853 -8- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
213213
214214 Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 1
215215 hereinafter named: 2
216216 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT QUINCY 3
217217 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 4
218218 For Personal Services ............................ 32,944,700 5
219219 For State Contributions to 6
220220 Social Security ................................ ..2,496,900 7
221221 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 8
222222 For Travel ................................ ................0 9
223223 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 10
224224 For Printing ................................ ..............0 11
225225 For Equipment ................................ .............0 12
226226 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 13
227227 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 14
228228 For Operations of Auto Equipment .......................... 0 15
229229 Total $35,441,600 16
230230 Payable from Quincy Veterans Home Fund: 17
231231 For Personal Services ............................. 9,162,600 18
232232 For Member Compensation .............................. 28,000 19
233233 For State Contributions to the State 20
234234 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 4,761,600 21
235235 For State Contributions to 22
236236 Social Security ................................ ....774,500 23
237237 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 24
238238 For Travel ................................ ................0 25 SB3853 -9- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
239239
240240 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 1
241241 For Printing ................................ ..............0 2
242242 For Equipment ................................ .............0 3
243243 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 4
244244 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 5
245245 For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 6
246246 For Permanent Improvements .......................... 640,000 7
247247 For Refunds ................................ ..........70,000 8
248248 Total $15,436,700 9
249249
250250 Section 61. The amount of $9,817,900, or so much thereof 10
251251 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 11
252252 Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 12
253253 associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy, 13
254254 including prior years' costs. 14
255255
256256 Section 62. The amount of $11,489,900, or so much thereof 15
257257 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Quincy Veterans 16
258258 Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 17
259259 associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy, 18
260260 including prior years' costs. 19
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262262 Section 65. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 20
263263 as may be necessary, respectively, are approp riated to the 21
264264 Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 22 SB3853 -10- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
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266266 hereinafter named: 1
267267 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT LASALLE 2
268268 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 3
269269 For Personal Services ............................ 12,596,800 4
270270 For State Contributions to Social Security ........1,056,400 5
271271 For Contractual Services ................................ ....0 6
272272 For Travel ................................ ..................0 7
273273 For Commodities ................................ .............0 8
274274 For Printing ................................ ................0 9
275275 For Equipment ................................ ...............0 10
276276 For Electronic Data Processing .............................. 0 11
277277 For Telecommunications ................................ ......0 12
278278 For Operation of Auto Equipment ............................. 0 13
279279 Total $13,653,200 14
280280 Payable from LaSalle Veterans Home Fund: 15
281281 For Personal Services ............................. 4,504,200 16
282282 For State Contributions to the State 17
283283 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 2,374,700 18
284284 For State Contributions to 19
285285 Social Security ................................ ....349,000 20
286286 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 21
287287 For Travel ................................ ................0 22
288288 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 23
289289 For Printing ................................ ..............0 24
290290 For Equipment ................................ .............0 25 SB3853 -11- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
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292292 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 1
293293 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 2
294294 For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 3
295295 For Permanent Improvements ........................... 50,000 4
296296 For Refunds ................................ ..........50,000 5
297297 Total $7,327,900 6
298298
299299 Section 66. The amount of $1,355,500, or so much thereof 7
300300 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the LaSalle Veterans 8
301301 Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 9
302302 associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at LaSalle, 10
303303 including prior years' costs. 11
304304
305305 Section 67. The amount of $4,045,100, or so much t hereof 12
306306 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 13
307307 Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 14
308308 associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at LaSalle, 15
309309 including prior years' costs. 16
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311311 Section 70. The following named amounts , or so much thereof 17
312312 as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 18
313313 Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 19
314314 hereinafter named: 20
315315 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT MANTENO 21
316316 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 22 SB3853 -12- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
317317
318318 For Personal Services ............................ 27,142,500 1
319319 For State Contributions to 2
320320 Social Security ................................ ..2,393,300 3
321321 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 4
322322 For Travel ................................ ................0 5
323323 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 6
324324 For Printing ................................ ..............0 7
325325 For Equipment ................................ .............0 8
326326 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 9
327327 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 10
328328 For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 11
329329 Total $29,535,800 12
330330 Payable from Manteno Veterans Home Fund: 13
331331 For Personal Services ............................. 8,673,200 14
332332 For Member Compensation ............................... 5,000 15
333333 For State Contributions to the State 16
334334 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 4,580,000 17
335335 For State Contributions to 18
336336 Social Security ................................ ....669,400 19
337337 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 20
338338 For Travel ................................ ................0 21
339339 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 22
340340 For Printing ................................ ..............0 23
341341 For Equipment ................................ .............0 24
342342 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 25 SB3853 -13- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
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344344 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 1
345345 For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 2
346346 For Permanent Improvements .......................... 350,000 3
347347 For Refunds ................................ .........100,000 4
348348 Total $14,377,600 5
349349
350350 Section 71. The amount of $3,500,000, or so much thereof 6
351351 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Manteno Veterans 7
352352 Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 8
353353 associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Manteno, 9
354354 including prior years' costs. 10
355355
356356 Section 72. The amount of $9,000,000, or so much thereof 11
357357 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 12
358358 Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 13
359359 associated with th e Illinois Veterans’ Home at Manteno, 14
360360 including prior years' costs. 15
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362362 Section 75. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 16
363363 as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 17
364364 Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs associated with the 18
365365 operation of a program for homeless veterans at the Illinois 19
366366 Veterans’ Home at Manteno: 20
367367 Payable from General Revenue Fund ...................968,800 21
368368 Payable from the Manteno Veterans 22 SB3853 -14- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
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370370 Home Fund ................................ .........201,500 1
371371 Total $1,170,300 2
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373373 Section 80. The following named amounts, or so m uch thereof 3
374374 as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 4
375375 Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 5
376376 hereinafter named: 6
377377 STATE APPROVING AGENCY 7
378378 Payable from GI Education Fund: 8
379379 For Personal Services ................................ .....0 9
380380 For State Contributions to the State 10
381381 Employees' Retirement System ............................. 0 11
382382 For State Contributions to 12
383383 Social Security ................................ ..........0 13
384384 For Group Insurance ................................ .......0 14
385385 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 15
386386 For Travel ................................ ................0 16
387387 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 17
388388 For Printing ................................ ..............0 18
389389 For Equipment ................................ .............0 19
390390 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 20
391391 For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 21
392392 For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 22
393393 Total $0 23
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396396 Section 81. The amount of $2,607,800, or so much thereof 1
397397 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the GI Education Fund 2
398398 to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs associated 3
399399 with the State Approving Agency. 4
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401401 Section 85. The amount of $100,000, or so much thereof as 5
402402 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Folds Of Honor 6
403403 Foundation Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for 7
404404 grants to aid in providing educational schola rships to military 8
405405 families. 9
406406
407407 Section 90. The sum of $1,250,000, or so much thereof as 10
408408 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 11
409409 to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for expenses related to 12
410410 the security and safety enhancements at all five Illinois 13
411411 Veterans’ Homes. 14
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413413 Section 95. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may 15
414414 be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 16
415415 the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for expenses related to the 17
416416 agency’s Diversity, Equity, In clusion and Accessibility 18
417417 initiatives (DEIA) goals. 19
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419419 Section 100. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as 20
420420 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 21 SB3853 -16- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
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422422 on June 30, 2023, from an appropriation heretofore made for 1
423423 such purpose in Article 68, Section 100 of Public Act 103 -0006, 2
424424 as amended, is reappropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 3
425425 the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs associated with 4
426426 dental care for veterans in the five state -run veterans’ homes. 5
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428428 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 6
429429 2024. 7