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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The House Special Committee on Fee-For-Service |
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| Initiatives has held three open hearings on the Department of |
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| Human Services' proposal to adopt a fee-for-service |
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| methodology to pay providers for serving the State's clients |
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| with problems of substance abuse, developmental disability, |
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| and mental illness; and
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| WHEREAS, The Committee appreciates the willingness of the |
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| Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the Department |
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| of Human Services to work with provider groups to ensure a |
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| smooth transition to the new payment methodology; and
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| WHEREAS, The Committee, while supporting the |
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| fee-for-service methodology, remains concerned that the |
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| Department's transition schedule could jeopardize treatment |
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| for these most vulnerable populations; and
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| WHEREAS, The Committee believes the Department must show it |
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| has the infrastructure capacity and field-tested experience |
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| before a wholesale shift to the new system; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the Committee urges the Department of Human Services to make |
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| periodic progress reports to the Committee over the next |
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| several months, specifically including reports in September, |
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| October, November, and December of 2004; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Committee urges the General Assembly to |
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| adopt an operational budget for the Department of Human |
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| Services that reflects only the first six months of funding for |
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| the coming fiscal year, while appropriating the full year of |
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| grant lines.
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