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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Governor issued Executive Order No. 6 in July 
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2005 establishing the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute 
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(IRMI) under the Department of Public Health to provide grants 
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to entities that engage in stem cell research; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Fiscal Year 2006 budget included an 
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appropriation of $10 million to the Department of Public Health 
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to award these grants; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Governor further bypassed the legislative 
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process and the rulemaking process by amending his Executive 
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Order No. 6 in February to provide the Department of Public 
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Health with the power to implement the Institute, outlined the 
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functions of IRMI, and established requirements and conditions 
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for grantees; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Governor's amended Executive Order was 
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published in the Illinois Register on February 24th in lieu of 
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Department rules; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Department of Public Health has since 
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established the new Institute and is currently considering 
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grant applications that were due to the Department on March 
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17th; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Department anticipates awarding grants to 
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eligible entities on April 17th; and 
 
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    WHEREAS, The Governor, in his proposed budget for Fiscal 
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Year 2007, is seeking a $15 million appropriation from Tobacco 
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Settlement monies for IRMI; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The Governor has further stated that he 
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anticipates increasing this base appropriation by $2.5 million 
 


 






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each year for the next 5 years in order to provide the 
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Institute with an appropriation of $100 million by Fiscal Year 
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2011; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we require the Governor and the Department of Public Health to 
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provide full disclosure of how the current appropriations for 
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the Institute are being spent; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Governor and the Department of Public 
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Health, upon awarding the grants, disclose all information 
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regarding the grantees, the process by which these grantees 
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were selected, as well as the information on those grant 
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applications that were rejected and the reasons why those 
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applications were rejected; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Governor and the Department disclose any 
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and all other information pertinent to the status and operation 
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of the Institute, including, but not limited to, the oversight 
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and reporting processes in place; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That any future appropriation made to the 
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Department for the purposes of the Institute must be approved 
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by the General Assembly as a stand alone appropriation; and be 
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it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be 
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presented to the Governor and the Director of Public Health.