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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was |
3 | | signed into law on March 23, 2010, signifying a historic change |
4 | | in access to health care in the United States; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, The Affordable Care Act expands health coverage |
6 | | options through health insurance marketplaces and Medicaid, |
7 | | allowing consumers more affordable and comprehensive coverage |
8 | | options; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Governor Pat Quinn issued Executive Order |
10 | | #2010-12 establishing the Health Care Reform Implementation |
11 | | Council, which was charged with making recommendations to |
12 | | assist the State in establishing a State Based Marketplace, |
13 | | establish consumer protections reforms, reform Medicaid, |
14 | | assure high quality care, and adopt the use of electronic |
15 | | medical records; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, A State Based Marketplace was the unanimous |
17 | | recommendation of the Health Care Reform Implementation |
18 | | Council; after holding hearings throughout Illinois, |
19 | | businesses, labor, consumers, and insurers agreed that a State |
20 | | exchange was preferable to a Federally Facilitated |
21 | | Marketplace; and
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1 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly passed and Governor Quinn |
2 | | signed Public Act 97-0412 in 2011, the Illinois Health Benefits |
3 | | Exchange Law, establishing the intent for Illinois to operate a |
4 | | State Based Marketplace for individuals and small businesses |
5 | | and creating a Legislative Study Committee on the subject; and |
6 | | WHEREAS, Based on Public Act 97-0312 and the recommendation |
7 | | of the Health Care Reform Implementation Council, Governor |
8 | | Quinn submitted his intent to the Department of Health and |
9 | | Human Services for Illinois to function in a partnership |
10 | | capacity with the Federally Facilitated Marketplace until the |
11 | | State marketplace became operational; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has functioned as a State Partnership |
13 | | Marketplace since October 1, 2013, branding the campaign as Get |
14 | | Covered Illinois, and enrolling more than 217,000 people in the |
15 | | Federal Health Insurance Marketplace by working with many |
16 | | partners across the State; and |
17 | | WHEREAS, Some state-based marketplaces have functioned |
18 | | well (generally accepted as including Connecticut, Kentucky, |
19 | | New York, and California) and others have functioned poorly |
20 | | (commonly considered as including Oregon and Maryland); and
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21 | | WHEREAS, States with poorly functioning marketplaces are |
22 | | exploring the utilization of the IT platform from states with |
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1 | | smoothly operating marketplaces; and |
2 | | WHEREAS, The state of Maryland has concluded that costs of |
3 | | adopting the IT platform from Kentucky and Connecticut are |
4 | | greatly reduced compared to the costs of constructing a new |
5 | | state marketplace and would provide a well-functioning state |
6 | | marketplace with much less risk in a shorter period of time; |
7 | | therefore, be it
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8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
9 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
10 | | the Governor's Office of Health Innovation and Transformation, |
11 | | in collaboration with the Illinois Health Insurance |
12 | | Marketplace, is requested to assess the experiences of State |
13 | | Based Marketplaces during their first year of operation and |
14 | | identify those states whose marketplaces worked as intended and |
15 | | whose IT platforms would be compatible with the State's |
16 | | Medicaid Integrated Eligibility System and could serve as the |
17 | | technological base for an Illinois state-based marketplace; |
18 | | and be it further
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19 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Governor's Office of Health |
20 | | Innovation and Transformation to submit the results of the |
21 | | assessment to the House of Representatives by November 10, |
22 | | 2014, for its consideration of options for maintaining the |
23 | | federally-facilitated marketplace or developing a State Based |