SB3853
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3853
Introduced 2/28/2024, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
expenses of the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2024, as follows:
General Funds $169,387,500
Other State Funds $ 65,473,100
Federal Funds $ 2,607,800
Total $237,468,400
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AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
in the General Assembly: 3
ARTICLE 1 4
Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 6
hereinafter named, are appropriated from the General Revenue 7
Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs: 8
CENTRAL OFFICE 9
For Personal Services ............................. 8,510,000 10
For State Contributions to Social 11
Security ................................ ...........640,700 12
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 13
For Travel ................................ ................0 14
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 15
For Printing ................................ ..............0 16
For Equipment ................................ .............0 17
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 18
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 19
For Operation of Auto E quipment ........................... 0 20
Total $9,150,700 21
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Section 2. The amount of $4,947,300, or so much thereof 1
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 2
Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 3
associated with the Central Office. 4
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Section 5. The sum of $1,096,200, or so much thereof as may 6
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 7
the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs associated 8
with the Veterans’ Accountability Unit. 9
Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 10
as may be necessary, are appropriated from the General Revenue 11
Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and 12
purposes and in the amounts set forth as follows: 13
GRANTS-IN-AID 14
For Bonus Payments to War Vete rans and Peacetime 15
Crisis Survivors ................................ ...198,000 16
For Providing Educational Opportunities for 17
Children of Certain Veterans, as provided 18
by law, including Prior Years Claims ...............100,000 19
Total $298,000 20
Section 15. The sum of $3,500,000, or so much ther eof as 21
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 22
to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the payment of 23 SB3853 -3- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
scholarships to students who are dependents of Illinois 1
resident military personnel declared to be prisoners of war, 2
missing in action, killed or permanently disabled, as provided 3
by law. 4
Section 20. The following named amount, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 6
Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the object and 7
purpose and in the amount set forth below as follows: 8
For Cartage and Erection of Veterans’ 9
Headstones, including Prior Years Claims ...........425,000 10
Section 25. The amount of $250,000, or so much thereof as 11
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Gener al Revenue Fund 12
to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs associated 13
with the Illinois Warrior Assistance Program. 14
Section 30. The amount of $27,030,900, or so much thereof 15
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 16
Fund to th e Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs 17
associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Chicago. 18
Section 31. The amount of $5,000,000, or so much thereof 19
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois 20
Veterans’ Homes Fund to the Department o f Veterans’ Affairs for 21 SB3853 -4- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
costs associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Chicago. 1
Section 35. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof 2
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Veterans 3
Assistance Fund to the Department of Veterans ’ Affairs for 4
making grants, funding additional services, or conducting 5
additional research projects relating to veterans’ post 6
traumatic stress disorder; veterans’ homelessness; the health 7
insurance cost of veterans; veterans’ disability benefits, 8
including but not limited to, disability benefits provided by 9
veterans service organizations and veterans assistance 10
commissions or centers; and the long -term care of veterans. 11
Section 40. The following named amount, or so much thereof 12
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois 13
Affordable Housing Trust Fund to the Department of Veterans' 14
Affairs for the object and purpose and in the amount set forth 15
as follows: 16
For Specially Adapted Housing for Veterans ..........240,000 17
Section 45. The amount of $250,0 00, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Military 19
Family Relief Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for 20
the payment of benefits authorized under the Survivors 21
Compensation Act. 22 SB3853 -5- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
Section 50. The following name d amounts, or so much thereof 1
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 2
Department of Veterans' Affairs for objects and purposes 3
hereinafter named: 4
VETERANS' FIELD SERVICES 5
Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 6
For Personal Services ............................. 5,700,000 7
For State Contributions to Social 8
Security ................................ ...........433,700 9
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 10
For Travel ................................ ................0 11
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 12
For Printing ................................ ..............0 13
For Equipment ................................ .............0 14
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 15
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 16
For Operation of Auto Equip ment ........................... 0 17
Total $6,133,700 18
Section 51. The amount of $2,201,900, or so much thereof 19
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 20
Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 21
associated with Veterans’ Field Services. 22
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Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 1
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 2
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 3
hereinafter named: 4
ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT ANNA 5
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 6
For Personal Services ............................. 6,343,100 7
For State Contributions to 8
Social Security ................................ ....486,300 9
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 10
For Travel ................................ ................0 11
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 12
For Printing ................................ ..............0 13
For Equipment ................................ .............0 14
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 15
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 16
For Operation of Auto ................................ .....0 17
Total $6,829,400 18
Payable from Anna Veterans Home Fund: 19
For Personal Services ............................. 1,155,600 20
For State Contributions to the State 21
Employees' Retirement System ....................... 608,400 22
For State Contributions to 23
Social Security ................................ .....90,000 24
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 25 SB3853 -7- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
For Travel ................................ ................0 1
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 2
For Printing ................................ ..............0 3
For Equipment ................................ .............0 4
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 5
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 6
For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 7
For Permanent Improvements ........................... 10,000 8
For Refunds ................................ ..........30,000 9
Total $1,894,000 10
Section 56. The amount of $2,300,000, or so much thereof 11
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Anna Veterans 12
Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 13
associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Anna, including 14
prior years' costs. 15
Section 57. The amount of $2,312,000, or so much thereof 16
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 17
Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 18
associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Anna, including 19
prior years' costs. 20
Section 60. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 21
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 22 SB3853 -8- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 1
hereinafter named: 2
ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT QUINCY 3
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 4
For Personal Services ............................ 32,944,700 5
For State Contributions to 6
Social Security ................................ ..2,496,900 7
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 8
For Travel ................................ ................0 9
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 10
For Printing ................................ ..............0 11
For Equipment ................................ .............0 12
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 13
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 14
For Operations of Auto Equipment .......................... 0 15
Total $35,441,600 16
Payable from Quincy Veterans Home Fund: 17
For Personal Services ............................. 9,162,600 18
For Member Compensation .............................. 28,000 19
For State Contributions to the State 20
Employees' Retirement System ..................... 4,761,600 21
For State Contributions to 22
Social Security ................................ ....774,500 23
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 24
For Travel ................................ ................0 25 SB3853 -9- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 1
For Printing ................................ ..............0 2
For Equipment ................................ .............0 3
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 4
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 5
For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 6
For Permanent Improvements .......................... 640,000 7
For Refunds ................................ ..........70,000 8
Total $15,436,700 9
Section 61. The amount of $9,817,900, or so much thereof 10
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 11
Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 12
associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy, 13
including prior years' costs. 14
Section 62. The amount of $11,489,900, or so much thereof 15
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Quincy Veterans 16
Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 17
associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy, 18
including prior years' costs. 19
Section 65. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 20
as may be necessary, respectively, are approp riated to the 21
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 22 SB3853 -10- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
hereinafter named: 1
ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT LASALLE 2
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 3
For Personal Services ............................ 12,596,800 4
For State Contributions to Social Security ........1,056,400 5
For Contractual Services ................................ ....0 6
For Travel ................................ ..................0 7
For Commodities ................................ .............0 8
For Printing ................................ ................0 9
For Equipment ................................ ...............0 10
For Electronic Data Processing .............................. 0 11
For Telecommunications ................................ ......0 12
For Operation of Auto Equipment ............................. 0 13
Total $13,653,200 14
Payable from LaSalle Veterans Home Fund: 15
For Personal Services ............................. 4,504,200 16
For State Contributions to the State 17
Employees' Retirement System ..................... 2,374,700 18
For State Contributions to 19
Social Security ................................ ....349,000 20
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 21
For Travel ................................ ................0 22
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 23
For Printing ................................ ..............0 24
For Equipment ................................ .............0 25 SB3853 -11- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 1
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 2
For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 3
For Permanent Improvements ........................... 50,000 4
For Refunds ................................ ..........50,000 5
Total $7,327,900 6
Section 66. The amount of $1,355,500, or so much thereof 7
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the LaSalle Veterans 8
Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 9
associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at LaSalle, 10
including prior years' costs. 11
Section 67. The amount of $4,045,100, or so much t hereof 12
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 13
Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 14
associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at LaSalle, 15
including prior years' costs. 16
Section 70. The following named amounts , or so much thereof 17
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 18
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 19
hereinafter named: 20
ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT MANTENO 21
Payable from General Revenue Fund: 22 SB3853 -12- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
For Personal Services ............................ 27,142,500 1
For State Contributions to 2
Social Security ................................ ..2,393,300 3
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 4
For Travel ................................ ................0 5
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 6
For Printing ................................ ..............0 7
For Equipment ................................ .............0 8
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 9
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 10
For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 11
Total $29,535,800 12
Payable from Manteno Veterans Home Fund: 13
For Personal Services ............................. 8,673,200 14
For Member Compensation ............................... 5,000 15
For State Contributions to the State 16
Employees' Retirement System ..................... 4,580,000 17
For State Contributions to 18
Social Security ................................ ....669,400 19
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 20
For Travel ................................ ................0 21
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 22
For Printing ................................ ..............0 23
For Equipment ................................ .............0 24
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 25 SB3853 -13- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 1
For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 2
For Permanent Improvements .......................... 350,000 3
For Refunds ................................ .........100,000 4
Total $14,377,600 5
Section 71. The amount of $3,500,000, or so much thereof 6
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Manteno Veterans 7
Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 8
associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Manteno, 9
including prior years' costs. 10
Section 72. The amount of $9,000,000, or so much thereof 11
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 12
Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 13
associated with th e Illinois Veterans’ Home at Manteno, 14
including prior years' costs. 15
Section 75. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 16
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 17
Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs associated with the 18
operation of a program for homeless veterans at the Illinois 19
Veterans’ Home at Manteno: 20
Payable from General Revenue Fund ...................968,800 21
Payable from the Manteno Veterans 22 SB3853 -14- OMB103 00210 HML 45210 b
Home Fund ................................ .........201,500 1
Total $1,170,300 2
Section 80. The following named amounts, or so m uch thereof 3
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 4
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 5
hereinafter named: 6
STATE APPROVING AGENCY 7
Payable from GI Education Fund: 8
For Personal Services ................................ .....0 9
For State Contributions to the State 10
Employees' Retirement System ............................. 0 11
For State Contributions to 12
Social Security ................................ ..........0 13
For Group Insurance ................................ .......0 14
For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 15
For Travel ................................ ................0 16
For Commodities ................................ ...........0 17
For Printing ................................ ..............0 18
For Equipment ................................ .............0 19
For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 20
For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 21
For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 22
Total $0 23
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Section 81. The amount of $2,607,800, or so much thereof 1
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the GI Education Fund 2
to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs associated 3
with the State Approving Agency. 4
Section 85. The amount of $100,000, or so much thereof as 5
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Folds Of Honor 6
Foundation Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for 7
grants to aid in providing educational schola rships to military 8
families. 9
Section 90. The sum of $1,250,000, or so much thereof as 10
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 11
to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for expenses related to 12
the security and safety enhancements at all five Illinois 13
Veterans’ Homes. 14
Section 95. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may 15
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 16
the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for expenses related to the 17
agency’s Diversity, Equity, In clusion and Accessibility 18
initiatives (DEIA) goals. 19
Section 100. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as 20
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on June 30, 2023, from an appropriation heretofore made for 1
such purpose in Article 68, Section 100 of Public Act 103 -0006, 2
as amended, is reappropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 3
the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs associated with 4
dental care for veterans in the five state -run veterans’ homes. 5
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 6
2024. 7