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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Illinois has developed a network of health |
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| insurance coverage options for children, working families, and |
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| those with preexisting medical conditions, including programs |
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| such as KidCare, the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan, and |
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| the new Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program; and
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| WHEREAS, Studies indicate that a child's access to health |
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| care improves not only the child's health, but also improves |
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| other outcomes, including education; and
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| WHEREAS, Estimates indicate that as many as 253,000 |
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| children in Illinois lacked health insurance coverage prior to |
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| the passage of the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, even |
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| though half of these children met eligibility requirements for |
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| KidCare coverage; and
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| WHEREAS, Proper oversight of State sponsored health |
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| insurance programs is needed to ensure that health coverage is |
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| provided in an equitable and efficient manner consistent with |
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| the goals established when the programs were enacted; and
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| WHEREAS, Legislative oversight will help the House of |
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| Representatives to make appropriation decisions when budgets |
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| providing funding for the various public health insurance |
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| programs are pending before the House of Representatives; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| there is hereby created the Children's Health Insurance Task |
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| Force, consisting of 3 members appointed by the Speaker of the |
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| House of Representatives and 3 members appointed by the |
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| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and be it |
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| further
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