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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Recent media reports indicate that a state |
| 3 | | workers' compensation arbitrator who was to decide whether |
| 4 | | former Illinois State Trooper Matt Mitchell should be |
| 5 | | compensated for his injuries took actions to keep an |
| 6 | | arbitration hearing secret; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, It was only through diligent work by the press |
| 8 | | that led to the Freedom of Information Act requests inquiring |
| 9 | | about the change of hearing place that led to the general |
| 10 | | public's knowledge of this arbitration action; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The chief of staff for the Illinois Attorney |
| 12 | | General spoke out against apparent deceptive practices |
| 13 | | manifested by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission |
| 14 | | when it appears to have attempted to mislead and prevent the |
| 15 | | public to be informed of a public arbitration hearing; |
| 16 | | therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 19 | | the Illinois Auditor General conduct an extraordinary |
| 20 | | compliance and programmatic audit of the Workers' Compensation |
| 21 | | Commission, with special, but not exclusive, attention, to the |
| 22 | | issue of possible collusion between the Commission and Illinois |