September 10, 2007

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives

95th General Assembly

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return

House Bill 1628, entitled “AN ACT concerning regulation.”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

on page 1, line 19, by replacing “The” with “To the extent allowed by all applicable privacy and confidentiality laws, the”; and

on page 3, line 8, after “or”, by inserting “, at the discretion of the Department, the”; and

on page 3, line 22, by replacing “An enrollee must be excused” with “The Department may excuse an enrollee”; and

on page 4, line 9 through 11, by deleting “(c) The Department shall adopt variance procedures for the application of any disease management program or any performance measures to an individual enrollee.”.

With these changes, House Bill 1628 will have my approval. I respectfully request your concurrence. 

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor