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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Current contracts to administer Health
3Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Open Access Plan (OAP)
4benefits for the State Employees' Group Insurance Program are
5set to expire on June 30, 2011, and the Department of
6Healthcare and Family Services initiated a
7request-for-proposals process to select vendors to administer
8those benefit programs after the expiration of the current
9contracts; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Pursuant to this process, the Illinois Department
11of Healthcare and Family Services posted notice of intent to
12award contracts to 4 managed care organizations in order to
13provide HMO and OAP benefits to State employees, dependents,
14and retirees starting on July 1, 2011; and
 
15    WHEREAS, This notice is the subject of official protests
16questioning the procurement process used to select the
17potential vendors used to administer these health benefit
18programs; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The Illinois Procurement Code and administrative
20regulations provide a broad grant of authority to the State to
21cancel a solicitation (before or after the opening of bids) if
22it would be in the State's best interests to do so, and that

 

 

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1authority may be exercised even though protests are under
2review; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Fundamental issues regarding access to, and the
4cost of, adequate health care appear to be inextricably
5intertwined with administrative and technical questions
6pertaining to procedural compliance with the Illinois
7Procurement Code and administrative rules; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we find that the circumstances surrounding these current
11procurements and their potential to cause adverse effects on
12the State and its citizens warrant a finding that it is in the
13best interests of the State to cancel the existing
14solicitations; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That we urge the Governor and the Chief
16Procurement Officer to cancel those solicitations and to issue
17a new request for proposals in a timely manner in order to
18select an adequate network of administrators to provide access
19to health care for all State employees, retirees, and
20dependents; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to the Governor of the State of Illinois, the

 

 

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1Director of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Chief
2Procurement Officer responsible for overseeing the HMO and OAP
3procurement.