Full Text of HR1151 94th General Assembly
HR1151 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Governor issued Executive Order No. 6 in July | 3 |
| 2005 establishing the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute | 4 |
| (IRMI) under the Department of Public Health to provide grants | 5 |
| to entities that engage in stem cell research; and
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| WHEREAS, The Fiscal Year 2006 budget included an | 7 |
| appropriation of $10 million to the Department of Public Health | 8 |
| to award these grants; and
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| WHEREAS, The Governor further bypassed the legislative | 10 |
| process and the rulemaking process by amending his Executive | 11 |
| Order No. 6 in February to provide the Department of Public | 12 |
| Health with the power to implement the Institute, outlined the | 13 |
| functions of IRMI, and established requirements and conditions | 14 |
| for grantees; and
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| WHEREAS, The Governor's amended Executive Order was | 16 |
| published in the Illinois Register on February 24th in lieu of | 17 |
| Department rules; and
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| WHEREAS, The Department of Public Health has since | 19 |
| established the new Institute and is currently considering | 20 |
| grant applications that were due to the Department on March | 21 |
| 17th; and
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| WHEREAS, The Department anticipates awarding grants to | 23 |
| eligible entities on April 17th; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The Governor, in his proposed budget for Fiscal | 25 |
| Year 2007, is seeking a $15 million appropriation from Tobacco | 26 |
| Settlement monies for IRMI; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, The Governor has further stated that he | 28 |
| anticipates increasing this base appropriation by $2.5 million |
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| each year for the next 5 years in order to provide the | 2 |
| Institute with an appropriation of $100 million by Fiscal Year | 3 |
| 2011; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| we require the Governor and the Department of Public Health to | 7 |
| provide full disclosure of how the current appropriations for | 8 |
| the Institute are being spent; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Governor and the Department of Public | 10 |
| Health, upon awarding the grants, disclose all information | 11 |
| regarding the grantees, the process by which these grantees | 12 |
| were selected, as well as the information on those grant | 13 |
| applications that were rejected and the reasons why those | 14 |
| applications were rejected; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Governor and the Department disclose any | 16 |
| and all other information pertinent to the status and operation | 17 |
| of the Institute, including, but not limited to, the oversight | 18 |
| and reporting processes in place; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That any future appropriation made to the | 20 |
| Department for the purposes of the Institute must be approved | 21 |
| by the General Assembly as a stand alone appropriation; and be | 22 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Resolution be | 24 |
| presented to the Governor and the Director of Public Health.
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