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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jay R. Naftzger, 
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Esquire, of Naperville, on his retirement from the Illinois 
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Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Board; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He is a lawyer and currently a Visiting Associate 
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Professor at Northern Illinois University, College of Law; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, His legal career began in a private law firm in 
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St. Paul, Minnesota; he later moved on to become Associate 
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Counsel of Rush Prudential Insurance Company of America, then 
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Vice President and General Counsel of Rush Prudential Health 
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Plans in Chicago; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, After Rush Prudential was purchased by WellPoint 
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Health Networks Inc., he became a Vice President in WellPoint's 
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legal department and functioned as General Counsel for, and as 
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a member of, several Boards of Directors of WellPoint 
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subsidiaries; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He is a past Chair and current Board Member of the 
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Illinois HMO Guaranty Association, and he is a past Chair of 
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the American Bar Association's Health Law Committee of the Tort 
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and Insurance Practice Section; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, He has been an Adjunct Professor at DePaul 
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University's College of Law; he is admitted to practice law in 
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Illinois, Minnesota (non-resident), and the United States 
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Supreme Court; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was first appointed to the CHIP Board on May 1, 
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1999; he has served as Chairman of the Personnel Committee; and 
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he is on the Assessment Committee, Finance Committee, 
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Evaluation Committee, and the Underwriting and Carrier 
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Oversight Committee; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Jay Naftzger on his retirement from the Illinois 
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Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Board and wish him 
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all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Jay Naftzger as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.