Full Text of HJR0042 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois, as part of the effort to | 3 | | reduce Medicaid costs, eliminated adult dental services with | 4 | | the exception of emergency extractions; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, This was done due to the fact that adult dental | 6 | | services are considered "optional services" under the federal | 7 | | reimbursement guidelines; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Much or all of the savings in the dental | 9 | | appropriation would be offset due to increased State spending | 10 | | for those patients who present to hospital emergency rooms | 11 | | seeking pain relief; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Most emergency rooms are only able to provide pain | 13 | | medications and antibiotics, which only temporally address the | 14 | | condition; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Pew Center issued a report on February 28, | 16 | | 2012 that documented a 15.8% increase in emergency room visits | 17 | | from 2006 to 2009 in states that reduced or eliminated adult | 18 | | dental care programs; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Pew's report also cited a study published in | 20 | | Pediatric Dentistry, stating that treating these problems in an |
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| 1 | | emergency room costs $6,498 per visit, compared with $660 per | 2 | | visit in a dentist's office; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly is prepared to add over a | 4 | | half a million more adults to as part of the Medicaid expansion | 5 | | provisions of the Affordable Care Act; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 8 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Adult Dental Safety Net Task | 9 | | Force is created to study the impact of these cuts on the | 10 | | ability of adults covered by Medicaid to receive care for | 11 | | dental conditions without being forced to go to the hospital | 12 | | emergency room for care; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of 2 members of | 14 | | the House of Representative appointed by the Speaker of the | 15 | | House, one of whom shall serve as co-chair; 2 members of the | 16 | | House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of | 17 | | the House; 2 members of the Senate appointed by the President | 18 | | of the Senate, one of whom shall serve as co-chair; 2 members | 19 | | of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; | 20 | | and 2 members appointed by the Governor; and be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That 2 members from the Illinois State Dental | 22 | | Society, one from Cook County and one from a rural downstate |
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| 1 | | county, one member from the Primary Health Care Association, | 2 | | one member from the Illinois Public Health Association, one | 3 | | member from the Health Care Council of Illinois, and one member | 4 | | from ARC of Illinois shall be appointed by the co-chairs to the | 5 | | Task Force; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Healthcare and Family | 7 | | Services shall provide all necessary support to the Task Force; | 8 | | and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings to | 10 | | the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, | 11 | | 2014.
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