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HOUSE RESOLUTION 706

 
2    WHEREAS, In accordance with subsection (b) of Section 2 of
3Article VIII of the Illinois Constitution, the House of
4Representatives has adopted House Resolution 707 setting forth
5the estimates of general funds the House expects to be
6available during State fiscal year 2013; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The House of Representatives has found that
8$33,719,000,000 is available in general funds for spending and
9for the payment of unpaid State obligations; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Before the House makes allocations to the
11appropriation committees there are non-discretionary general
12funds spending items that should first be deducted; therefore
13be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16the non-discretionary items shall be:
 
17    Pensions - $5,100,000,000
18    Group Insurance - $1,171,185,400
19    Debt Service - $2,218,000,000
20    Statutory Transfers Out - $2,142,000,000
21    Medicaid - $6,638,953,200

 

 

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1    For the backlog of unpaid State obligations from the
2Medicaid program, with 50% of this amount being provided from
3Federal reimbursements - $1,000,000,000
4    For the backlog of unpaid State obligations not related to
5the Medicaid program - $300,000,000; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That after spending for these non-discretionary
7items, of the general funds revenues that are estimated by the
8House of Representatives, by resolution, to be available during
9State fiscal year 2013 and that are allocated to the House
10appropriation committees for appropriation, the amount and
11percentage available to each appropriation committee, assuming
12the allowance of an overall appropriation lapse of
13$650,000,000, are as follows:
 
14    APPROPRIATIONS-ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION -
15$6,491,836,794, or 39.830%
16    APPROPRIATIONS-GENERAL SERVICES - $1,165,014,734, or
177.148%
18    APPROPRIATIONS-HIGHER EDUCATION - $1,978,809,910, or
1912.141%
20    APPROPRIATIONS-HUMAN SERVICES - $5,087,296,478, or 31.212%
21    APPROPRIATIONS-PUBLIC SAFETY - $1,576,088,885, or 9.670%;
22and be it further
 
23    RESOLVED, That the aforementioned amounts available to

 

 

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1each appropriation committee are contingent upon actions being
2taken to reduce the accrual of Medicaid obligations incurred
3during State fiscal year 2013 in the amount of $2,700,000,000,
4and if this reduction is not achieved in full, then the amount
5deducted for the Medicaid program must be increased
6accordingly, and the amounts available to each appropriation
7committee must be reduced accordingly; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That if the actual amount of general funds that
9become available during State fiscal year 2013 exceeds the
10House's estimates set forth in House Resolution 707, then that
11excess shall first be used to reduce the backlog of unpaid
12State obligations to the extent authorized by law, with the
13Comptroller prioritizing voucher payments for Medicaid
14obligations and any other obligations for which the State
15receives federal reimbursement.