SB2252 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2252

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Sue Rezin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2805/39 new

Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Requires the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Veterans' Affairs's and the Department of Public Health's management of the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans' Home. Provides that the performance audit shall include specified determinations. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Department of Public Health, and any other State agency or other entity or person that may have information relevant to the audit shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General in the audit. Requires the Auditor General to commence the audit as soon as practical and report its findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the Illinois State Auditing Act. Repeals the provisions on December 31, 2021. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning veterans.

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 adding Section 39 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2805/39 new)

Sec. 39. Department audit.

(a) The Auditor General shall conduct a performance audit of the Department's and the Department of Public Health's management of the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans' Home. The performance audit shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following determinations:

(1) The responses of the Department and the Department of Public Health to the outbreak of COVID-19 in November and December of 2020.

(2) The type, cost, and timing of any infrastructure or other building improvements intended to contain the further spread of COVID-19.

(3) The nature of changes made by the Department and the Department of Public Health in operating protocols and staff training thereon intended to contain the further spread of COVID-19 or prevent its reoccurrence.

(4) The nature and extent of monitoring conducted by the Department and the Department of Public Health to determine whether the improvements and protocols put in place are effective to ensure the safety of residents and staff at the LaSalle Veterans' Home.

(5) The amount of State moneys received and expended by the Department, the Department of Public Health, or any other State agency during State fiscal year 2021 for any improvements, monitoring, or other measures taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic at the LaSalle Veterans' Home.

(b) The Department, the Department of Public Health, and any other State agency or other entity or person that may have information relevant to the audit under subsection (a) shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General in the audit. The Auditor General shall commence this audit as soon as practical and report its findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.

(c) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2021.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.