Full Text of HR1189 98th General Assembly
HR1189 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 |
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| 1 | | Marketplace that meets the needs of Illinois while federal | 2 | | funding for state-based marketplaces is still available.
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