093_HR0339
LRB093 11969 HSS 16494 r
1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Adult day centers provide nursing home type
3 services on an "outpatient" basis; and
4 WHEREAS, When adult day centers close, clients have
5 little choice but to enter a nursing home; and
6 WHEREAS, The State pays an average of $409 for one month
7 of care in an adult day center, compared to an average of
8 $2,700 for a Medicaid nursing home bed; and
9 WHEREAS, Twenty adult day centers have closed in the last
10 three years; and
11 WHEREAS, Another dozen centers have indicated that they
12 will have to close their doors, halt accepting State funded
13 clients, or are contemplating significant staff layoffs; and
14 WHEREAS, Center closings have swelled the number of
15 unserved counties to 62; and
16 WHEREAS, The fiscal year 2004 proposed budget fails to
17 increase adult day center rates, but includes an equivalent
18 amount of funds for contracting with new programs; and
19 WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the State of
20 Illinois, its frail, elderly residents, and the families who
21 are caring for them to first stabilize the existing programs
22 before bringing new programs on line; therefore, be it
23 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
25 if any additional funding becomes available, it will be a
26 priority of the House of Representatives to appropriate funds
27 to currently operating adult day center facilities.