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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The growth in State and federal spending for |
| 3 | | Medicaid and welfare entitlements are significantly increasing |
| 4 | | budget costs; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The growth in Medicaid and welfare entitlement |
| 6 | | costs will not be controlled until Illinois has the ability to |
| 7 | | manage the programs to allow the residents of the State to |
| 8 | | benefit from the programs; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Block grants will allow Illinois to design and |
| 10 | | develop innovative, efficient, and productive Medicaid and |
| 11 | | welfare programs that will meet the needs of our residents; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, The United States House of Representatives passed |
| 13 | | a budget which allows the federal government to give states |
| 14 | | block grants to pay for Medicaid and other welfare |
| 15 | | entitlements; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 17 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 18 | | the Illinois House of Representatives urges Congress to pass |
| 19 | | federal funds on to States via block grants to be used for |
| 20 | | public welfare and Medicaid purposes; and be it further
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