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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1151
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| AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 1151 by replacing |
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| lines 2 through 28 on page 1 and all of page 2 with the |
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| following:
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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 amended his Executive Order No. 6 in |
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| February to provide the Department of Public Health with the |
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| power to implement the Institute, outlined the functions of |
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| IRMI, and established requirements and conditions for |
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| 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 awarded grants to eligible |
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| entities on April 24th; 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 it is his |
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| desire to increase this base appropriation by $2.5 million each |
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| year for the next 5 years in order to provide the Institute |
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| with an appropriation of $100 million by Fiscal Year 2011; |
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| 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 urge 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 we urge the Governor and the Department of |
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| Public Health, upon awarding the grants, to disclose all |
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| information regarding the grantees, the process by which these |
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| grantees were selected, as well as the information on those |
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| grant 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 we urge the Governor and the Department to |
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| disclose any and all other information pertinent to the status |
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| and operation of the Institute, including, but not limited to, |
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| the oversight and reporting processes in place; and be it |
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| 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.". |