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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2550 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Veteran Affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $160,460,600 Other State Funds $71,321,965 Federal Funds $2,691,400 Total $234,473,965 OMB104 00052 HML 10052 b 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2550 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Veteran Affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $160,460,600 Other State Funds $71,321,965 Federal Funds $2,691,400 Total $234,473,965 OMB104 00052 HML 10052 b OMB104 00052 HML 10052 b
22 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2550 Introduced 2/25/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
33 Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Veteran Affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $160,460,600 Other State Funds $71,321,965 Federal Funds $2,691,400 Total $234,473,965
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88 1 AN ACT concerning appropriations.
99 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1010 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1111 4 ARTICLE 1
1212 5 Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much thereof
1313 6 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and
1414 7 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated from the General
1515 8 Revenue Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs:
1616 9 CENTRAL OFFICE
1717 10 For Personal Services.............................7,804,900
1818 11 For State Contributions to Social
1919 12 Security...........................................597,100
2020 13 For Operational Expenses of Central Office,
2121 14 including prior years' costs.....................4,947,300
2222 15 For Expenses Related to the Security and Safety
2323 16 Enhancements at Illinois Veterans' Homes.........1,250,000
2424 17 For Expenses Related to the Agency's Diversity, Equity,
2525 18 Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives..........500,000
2626 19 Total $15,099,300
2727 20 Section 5. The sum of $1,096,200, or so much thereof as may
2828 21 be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to
2929 22 the Department of Veterans' Affairs for all costs associated
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3434 Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Veteran Affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $160,460,600 Other State Funds $71,321,965 Federal Funds $2,691,400 Total $234,473,965
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5151 1 with the Veterans' Accountability Unit.
5252 2 Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much
5353 3 thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the General
5454 4 Revenue Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the
5555 5 objects and purposes and in the amounts set forth as follows:
5656 6 GRANTS-IN-AID
5757 7 For Warrior Assistance Program......................250,000
5858 8 For Bonus Payments to War Veterans and Peacetime
5959 9 Crisis Survivors...................................198,000
6060 10 For Providing Educational Opportunities for
6161 11 Children of Certain Veterans, as provided
6262 12 by law, including Prior Years' Claims..............500,000
6363 13 For Cartage and Erection of Veterans' Headstones,
6464 14 including Prior Years' Claims.....................425,000
6565 15 Total $1,373,000
6666 16 Section 15. The sum of $3,500,000, or so much thereof as
6767 17 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
6868 18 Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the payment of
6969 19 scholarships to students who are dependents of Illinois
7070 20 resident military personnel declared to be prisoners of war,
7171 21 missing in action, killed or permanently disabled, as provided
7272 22 by law.
7373 23 Section 20. The amount of $16,830,900, or so much thereof
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8484 1 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue
8585 2 Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for costs
8686 3 associated with the Illinois Veterans' Home at Chicago,
8787 4 including prior years' costs.
8888 5 Section 25. The amount of $6,000,000, or so much thereof
8989 6 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois
9090 7 Veterans' Homes Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs
9191 8 for costs associated with the Illinois Veterans' Home at
9292 9 Chicago, including prior years' costs.
9393 10 Section 30. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof
9494 11 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois
9595 12 Veterans Assistance Fund to the Department of Veterans'
9696 13 Affairs for making grants, funding additional services, or
9797 14 conducting additional research projects relating to veterans'
9898 15 post traumatic stress disorder; veterans' homelessness; the
9999 16 health insurance cost of veterans; veterans' disability
100100 17 benefits, including but not limited to, disability benefits
101101 18 provided by veterans service organizations and veterans
102102 19 assistance commissions or centers; and the long-term care of
103103 20 veterans.
104104 21 Section 35. The amount of $1,641,865, or so much thereof
105105 22 as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of
106106 23 business on June 30, 2025, from an appropriation heretofore
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117117 1 made for such purpose in Article 75, Section 35 of Public Act
118118 2 103-0589, as amended, is reappropriated from the Illinois
119119 3 Veterans Assistance Fund to the Department of Veterans'
120120 4 Affairs for making grants, funding additional services, or
121121 5 conducting additional research projects relating to veterans'
122122 6 post traumatic stress disorder; veterans' homelessness; the
123123 7 health insurance cost of veterans; veterans' disability
124124 8 benefits, including but not limited to, disability benefits
125125 9 provided by veterans service organizations and veterans
126126 10 assistance commissions or centers; and the long-term care of
127127 11 veterans.
128128 12 Section 40. The following named amount, or so much thereof
129129 13 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois
130130 14 Affordable Housing Trust Fund to the Department of Veterans'
131131 15 Affairs for the object and purpose and in the amount set forth
132132 16 as follows:
133133 17 For Specially Adapted Housing for Veterans..........240,000
134134 18 Section 45. The amount of $250,000, or so much thereof as
135135 19 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Military
136136 20 Family Relief Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for
137137 21 the payment of benefits authorized under the Survivors
138138 22 Compensation Act.
139139 23 Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much
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150150 1 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
151151 2 the Department of Veterans' Affairs for objects and purposes
152152 3 hereinafter named:
153153 4 VETERANS' FIELD SERVICES
154154 5 Payable from the General Revenue Fund:
155155 6 For Personal Services.............................5,559,200
156156 7 For State Contributions to Social
157157 8 Security...........................................425,300
158158 9 For Operational Expenses of Veterans' Field
159159 10 Services, including prior years' costs...........2,201,900
160160 11 Total $8,186,400
161161 12 Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much
162162 13 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
163163 14 the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and
164164 15 purposes hereinafter named:
165165 16 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT ANNA
166166 17 Payable from General Revenue Fund:
167167 18 For Personal Services.............................6,343,100
168168 19 For State Contributions to
169169 20 Social Security....................................486,300
170170 21 For Operational Expenses of Anna Veterans' Home,
171171 22 including prior years' costs.....................2,312,000
172172 23 Total $9,141,400
173173 24 Payable from Anna Veterans Home Fund:
174174 25 For Personal Services...............................413,100
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185185 1 For State Contributions to the State
186186 2 Employees' Retirement System.......................192,100
187187 3 For State Contributions to
188188 4 Social Security.....................................31,700
189189 5 For Operational Expenses of Anna Veterans' Home,
190190 6 including prior years' costs.....................2,300,000
191191 7 For Permanent Improvements...........................10,000
192192 8 For Refunds..........................................30,000
193193 9 Total $2,976,900
194194 10 Section 60. The following named amounts, or so much
195195 11 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
196196 12 the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and
197197 13 purposes hereinafter named:
198198 14 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT QUINCY
199199 15 Payable from General Revenue Fund:
200200 16 For Personal Services............................32,944,700
201201 17 For State Contributions to
202202 18 Social Security..................................2,496,900
203203 19 For Operational Expenses of Quincy Veterans' Home,
204204 20 including prior years' costs....................10,075,800
205205 21 Total $45,517,400
206206 22 Payable from Quincy Veterans Home Fund:
207207 23 For Personal Services............................11,239,700
208208 24 For Member Compensation..............................28,000
209209 25 For State Contributions to the State
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220220 1 Employees' Retirement System.....................5,224,900
221221 2 For State Contributions to
222222 3 Social Security....................................859,900
223223 4 For Operational Expenses of Quincy Veterans' Home,
224224 5 including prior years' costs....................11,928,300
225225 6 For Permanent Improvements..........................640,000
226226 7 For Refunds..........................................70,000
227227 8 Total $29,990,800
228228 9 Section 65. The following named amounts, or so much
229229 10 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
230230 11 the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and
231231 12 purposes hereinafter named:
232232 13 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT LASALLE
233233 14 Payable from General Revenue Fund:
234234 15 For Personal Services............................12,596,800
235235 16 For State Contributions to Social Security........1,056,400
236236 17 For Operational Expenses of LaSalle Veterans' Home,
237237 18 including prior years' costs.....................4,045,100
238238 19 Total $17,698,300
239239 20 Payable from LaSalle Veterans Home Fund:
240240 21 For Personal Services.............................4,975,100
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242242 23 Employees' Retirement System.....................2,312,800
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255255 1 For Operational Expenses of LaSalle Veterans' Home,
256256 2 including prior years' costs.....................1,355,500
257257 3 For Permanent Improvements..........................115,100
258258 4 For Refunds..........................................30,800
259259 5 Total $9,169,900
260260 6 Section 70. The following named amounts, or so much
261261 7 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
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264264 10 ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT MANTENO
265265 11 Payable from General Revenue Fund:
266266 12 For Personal Services............................27,142,500
267267 13 For State Contributions to
268268 14 Social Security..................................2,393,300
269269 15 For Operational Expenses of Manteno Veterans' Home,
270270 16 including prior years' costs....................10,513,100
271271 17 Total $40,048,900
272272 18 Payable from Manteno Veterans Home Fund:
273273 19 For Personal Services.............................9,539,500
274274 20 For Member Compensation...............................5,000
275275 21 For State Contributions to the State
276276 22 Employees' Retirement System.....................4,434,600
277277 23 For State Contributions to
278278 24 Social Security....................................729,800
279279 25 For Operational Expenses of Manteno Veterans' Home,
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290290 1 including prior years' costs.....................3,592,100
291291 2 For Permanent Improvements..........................350,000
292292 3 For Refunds.........................................100,000
293293 4 Total $18,751,000
294294 5 Section 75. The following named amounts, or so much
295295 6 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
296296 7 the Department of Veterans' Affairs for costs associated with
297297 8 the operation of a program for homeless veterans at the
298298 9 Illinois Veterans' Home at Manteno:
299299 10 Payable from General Revenue Fund...................968,800
300300 11 Payable from the Manteno Veterans
301301 12 Home Fund.........................................201,500
302302 13 Total $1,170,300
303303 14 Section 80. The following named amounts, or so much
304304 15 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to
305305 16 the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and
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307307 18 STATE APPROVING AGENCY
308308 19 Payable from GI Education Fund:
309309 20 For Operational Expenses of the State Approving Agency,
310310 21 including prior years' costs.....................2,691,400
311311 22 Total $2,691,400
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323323 1 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Folds Of Honor
324324 2 Foundation Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for
325325 3 grants to aid in providing educational scholarships to
326326 4 military families.
327327 5 Section 90. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as
328328 6 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of
329329 7 business on June 30, 2025, from a reappropriation heretofore
330330 8 made for such purpose in Article 75, Section 100 of Public Act
331331 9 103-0589, as amended, is reappropriated from the General
332332 10 Revenue Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for costs
333333 11 associated with dental care for veterans in the five state-run
334334 12 veterans' homes.
335335 13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
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