Full Text of SR0338 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is the largest insurer in | 3 | | the State, covering nearly one in every four citizens; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Enrollment under the Department of Healthcare and | 5 | | Family Services' Medical Programs currently totals | 6 | | approximately 2.8 million each month; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Healthcare will change significantly in the | 8 | | coming year with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, | 9 | | giving new opportunities for health insurance to potentially | 10 | | 1.2 million people in Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Healthcare programs in Illinois have an immense - | 12 | | and growing - impact both in terms of taxpayer dollars and in | 13 | | terms of the effect they have on citizens across the State; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In this quickly evolving environment, the General | 15 | | Assembly must stay engaged in public healthcare issues and be | 16 | | prepared to make legislative and administrative | 17 | | recommendations; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created the | 20 | | Senate Advisory Committee on Healthcare, consisting of 6 |
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| 1 | | members, appointed as follows: 3 members of the Senate majority | 2 | | caucus, appointed by the President of the Senate, and 3 members | 3 | | of the Senate minority caucus, appointed by the Senate Minority | 4 | | Leader; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee shall designate one | 6 | | Democratic member and one Republican member of the committee to | 7 | | serve as co-chairs; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee shall study public | 9 | | healthcare and make legislative and administrative | 10 | | recommendations with respect to the following issues: | 11 | | (1) the progress of Public Act 96-1501, the Medicaid | 12 | | reform package, including the development and implementation | 13 | | of care coordination plans that best serve the needs of the | 14 | | citizens of this State while also considering any impact on | 15 | | current funding sources; | 16 | | (2) the analysis and planning for the Medicaid | 17 | | expansion, including the examination of how best to maximize | 18 | | federal revenues associated with the expansion population; | 19 | | (3) the development and implementation of new Medicaid | 20 | | rate methodologies for institutional providers; | 21 | | (4) the examination of federal funding opportunities | 22 | | associated with the Affordable Care Act; and | 23 | | (5) the interactions between Medicaid and the Health | 24 | | Insurance Exchanges, including how best to ensure seamless |
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| 1 | | access to healthcare services; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Healthcare and Family | 3 | | Services and the Department of Insurance, in conjunction with | 4 | | legislative staff, shall provide administrative support to the | 5 | | Committee; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee shall meet at the | 7 | | call of the chair; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee shall share its | 9 | | legislative and administrative recommendations with the | 10 | | President of the Senate and Minority Leader of the Senate, as | 11 | | warranted; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the Governor, the Speaker and Minority Leader of | 14 | | the House of Representatives, the Director of Healthcare and | 15 | | Family Services, and the Director of Insurance; and be it | 16 | | further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That, in the event that the House of | 18 | | Representatives passes a similar resolution, that the Senate | 19 | | will consider participating in a joint Senate/House Advisory | 20 | | Committee on Healthcare.
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