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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Many of the most vulnerable people in Illinois, 
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including persons with mental, developmental, and physical 
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disabilities, children, the elderly, and persons who are 
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homeless, depend upon State-funded programs for crucial 
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services; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The services supported by State funds include 
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health care, food, shelter, clothing, and other vital services 
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needed to keep persons alive, healthy, and out of institutions; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Illinois provides a substantial percentage of 
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these services through grants and contracts with private 
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not-for-profit organizations, most of which organizations are 
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completely or substantially dependent on State funding for 
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their continued survival and many of which are small and lack 
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financial reserves or other assets; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Illinois has entered into contracts with persons 
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with disabilities to provide peer-to-peer and other important 
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services, facilitate their recovery and re-entry into the 
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Illinois economy, and reduce the burden on taxpayers to support 
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such persons; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Illinois does not have backup or redundant 
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services; indeed, in most areas of Illinois there are already 
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insufficient services to meet current needs; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Illinois is falling further and further behind in 
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paying outside persons and not-for-profit organizations for 
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the services provided by them to Illinois' most vulnerable 
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citizens; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Late or delayed payments will result in the 
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cutback of crucial services to Illinois' most vulnerable 
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citizens and threaten the continued existence of some 
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organizations; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Illinois has previously enacted legislation 
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requiring the prompt payment of bills for crucial social 
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services provided to vulnerable populations; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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urge the Governor to take prompt and effective steps to ensure 
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that those entities providing crucial services to Illinois' 
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vulnerable populations under a State contract or grant receive 
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prompt payment for those services; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Governor report to the Speaker of the 
 


 






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House of Representatives of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly 
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the steps that have been taken to implement this resolution; 
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and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to 
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each of the following: the Governor, the Secretary of Human 
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Services, the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the 
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Director of Children and Family Services, the State 
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Comptroller, and the State Treasurer.