Full Text of SR0258 95th General Assembly
SR0258 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as originally passed by the | 3 |
| Senate on May 25, 2007, contained supplemental appropriations | 4 |
| to the hospital assessment program and line of duty awards to | 5 |
| the families of fallen soldiers; and
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| WHEREAS, On May 30, 2007, the Illinois House of | 7 |
| Representatives passed Senate Bill 1132, as amended by House | 8 |
| Amendments 1 and 2; and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 10 |
| Representatives, has not been delivered to the Senate; and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 12 |
| Representatives, contains appropriations for the State of | 13 |
| Illinois for Fiscal Year 2008 beginning on July 1, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 15 |
| Representatives, includes appropriations for expenditures that | 16 |
| exceed available revenue estimates and therefore does not meet | 17 |
| the requirements contained in subsection (b) of Section 2 of | 18 |
| Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, A budget shortfall as contained in Senate Bill | 20 |
| 1132, as amended by the House of Representatives, will |
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| necessitate the expenditure of funds originally appropriated | 2 |
| for public education on mandated healthcare and pensions; and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 4 |
| Representatives, does not include sufficient appropriations to | 5 |
| the State Board of Education for General State Aid, Mandated | 6 |
| Categorical Programs, and Early Childhood Education programs | 7 |
| to provide access to a high quality education; and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 9 |
| Representatives, does not include appropriations to meet the | 10 |
| rising costs associated with providing assistance to Illinois' | 11 |
| most vulnerable citizens, including senior citizens, for needs | 12 |
| related to healthcare, prescription drugs, and the mental | 13 |
| health and developmentally disabled population; and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 15 |
| Representatives, does not provide for a sustainable means to | 16 |
| reduce or to maintain the current cycle of payments made to | 17 |
| Medicaid providers, specifically for physicians that provide | 18 |
| services under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program; | 19 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 21 |
| Representatives, does not appropriate funds to satisfy the | 22 |
| Fiscal Year 2008 pension obligation contribution level |
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| certified by the individual State retirement systems; and
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| WHEREAS, If the payment cycle for physicians providing | 3 |
| services to participants of the Covering ALL KIDS Health | 4 |
| Insurance Program exceeds 30 days, the State of Illinois will | 5 |
| have failed to meet its pledge to over 4,000 physicians, to the | 6 |
| 350,000 children that receive vital health care benefits, and | 7 |
| to any children that may be eligible in the future; and
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| WHEREAS, If the payment cycle for physicians increases | 9 |
| dramatically as provided for in Senate Bill 1132, as amended by | 10 |
| the House of Representatives, it is likely that physicians will | 11 |
| cease providing healthcare services to those who need it most; | 12 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 14 |
| Representatives, does not include adequate funding for the | 15 |
| increasing public safety, transportation, and infrastructure | 16 |
| needs of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1132, as amended by the House of | 18 |
| Representatives, does not include appropriations to meet | 19 |
| contractual obligations set forth in collective bargaining | 20 |
| agreements with employees of the State of Illinois who staff | 21 |
| prisons, mental health facilities, and veterans' hospitals and | 22 |
| provide for child welfare; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that those voting 'aye' on | 3 |
| this resolution are voting to reject Senate Bill 1132 as | 4 |
| amended by the House of Representatives, and those voting 'no' | 5 |
| on this resolution are voting to support the proposed budget | 6 |
| for the State of Illinois for Fiscal Year 2008 that begins on | 7 |
| July 1, 2007, as detailed in House Amendments 1 and 2 to Senate | 8 |
| Bill 1132; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | 10 |
| all State Constitutional Officers, the Minority Leader of the | 11 |
| Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the | 12 |
| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
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