Full Text of HJR0098 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, When patients develop end stage kidney, liver, or | 3 | | heart disease, sometimes the only chance for a cure is a | 4 | | life-saving transplantation; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Despite federal laws that stipulate that organs | 6 | | should be allocated regardless of financial status, race, or | 7 | | national origin, in reality, lack of insurance prevents most of | 8 | | the uninsured in need of transplantation from ever getting one; | 9 | | these patients with end-organ failure are high utilizers of | 10 | | costly health care services throughout their lives; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Thirty percent of organ donors in the greater | 12 | | Chicago area are uninsured, yet less than 2% of the organ | 13 | | transplants go to the uninsured; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, For uninsured patients with kidney failure, the | 15 | | Illinois Medicaid program pays for life saving dialysis costing | 16 | | upwards of $100,000 per year for the lifetime of the patient; | 17 | | however, the program denies payment for life-saving kidney | 18 | | transplants and post-transplant care; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Many uninsured patients have family members or | 20 | | friends who would donate an organ, but for lack of insurance | 21 | | coverage, are unable to do so; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, A program that would extend Illinois Medicaid to | 2 | | these patients would save the program money over time, as the | 3 | | care for a transplanted organ is less than the cost of | 4 | | maintaining a patient on lifelong dialysis; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 7 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Illinois | 8 | | Taskforce on Organ Transplantation for the Uninsured to develop | 9 | | proposals to expand Illinois Medicaid to include coverage for | 10 | | transplantation evaluation, organ allocation, and | 11 | | post-transplant medical care for the uninsured; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | 14 | | following members: | 15 | | (1) 3 members of the Illinois House of Representatives | 16 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House; | 17 | | (2) 3 members of the Illinois House of Representatives | 18 | | appointed by the House Minority Leader; | 19 | | (3) 3 members of the Illinois Senate appointed by the | 20 | | President of the Senate; | 21 | | (4) 3 members of the Illinois Senate appointed by the | 22 | | Minority Leader of the Senate; and | 23 | | (5) 4 members representing non-profit health care |
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| 1 | | organizations, one appointed by each of the 4 caucus leaders; | 2 | | and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Healthcare and | 4 | | Family Services shall provide administrative and other support | 5 | | to the Task Force; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve | 7 | | without compensation; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit a report of its | 9 | | findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later | 10 | | than January 1, 2015.
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