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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4195
Introduced 11/4/2005, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan - Carolyn H. Krause - Elizabeth Coulson - Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Creates the Children's Health Insurance Task Force. Sets forth membership in the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to gather information and make recommendations relating to access to quality, affordable health insurance for children in Illinois. Requires the Task Force to conduct public hearings at locations throughout the State at least every other month during the first year after the appointment of a majority of its voting members and as determined by a majority of its voting members in each year thereafter. Requires the Task Force to submit an annual report to the General Assembly. Provides that the Task Force is abolished and the Section is repealed on January 1, 2012. Effective immediately.
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HB4195 |
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LRB094 15130 LJB 50303 b |
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| AN ACT concerning insurance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 65 as follows: |
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| (215 ILCS 106/65 new) |
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| Sec. 65. Children's Health Insurance Task Force. |
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| (a) To ensure proper oversight of programs that have been |
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| created to provide access to quality, affordable health care |
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| for children residing in Illinois, there is hereby established |
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| the bipartisan Children's Health Insurance Task Force. |
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| (b) The Task Force shall consist of 12 voting members, as |
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| follows: 3 members of the Senate appointed by the President of |
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| the Senate, 3 members of the Senate appointed by the Senate |
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| Minority Leader, 3 members of the House of Representatives |
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| appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and 3 |
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| members of the House of Representatives appointed by the House |
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| Minority Leader. All actions of the Task Force require the |
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| affirmative vote of at least 7 voting members. |
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| Voting members appointed to the Task Force shall elect from |
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| among themselves 2 co-chairs, with the co-chairs representing |
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| different political parties. |
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| Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be |
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| appointed for the duration of the Task Force. In the event of a |
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| vacancy, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by |
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| the same legislative leader who made the original appointment. |
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| The following persons shall serve as ex officio, non-voting |
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| members of the Task Force: The Director of the Department of |
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| Healthcare and Family Services, the Secretary of the Department |
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| of Human Services, and the Director of the Division of |
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| Insurance of the Department of Financial and Professional |
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| Regulation. |