Full Text of HR0717 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Jacquetta
Ellinger on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement from the Illinois Department of | 5 | | Healthcare and Family
Services, Division of Medical Programs | 6 | | after 38 years of service to the State of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jacquetta Ellinger graduated magna cum laude from | 8 | | Edinboro State College (now Edinboro
University) in Edinboro, | 9 | | Pennsylvania in 1972; in 1973, she became a caseworker and | 10 | | spent
four years with the Indiana County Child Welfare Services | 11 | | in Indiana, Pennsylvania; she moved to Chicago
to attend The | 12 | | University of Chicago, where she earned her master's degree at | 13 | | the School of Social
Service Administration; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, After graduating in 1979, Jacquetta Ellinger | 15 | | began a career in Illinois government as an analyst,
working in | 16 | | the Bureau of the Budget and eventually becoming the department | 17 | | head at the Division of
Health and Social Services; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1985, Jacquetta Ellinger began her service in | 19 | | the Illinois Department of Public Health as Special
Assistant | 20 | | to the Director and then Associate Director for the Office of | 21 | | Health Policy and Planning; in
1991, she moved to the Illinois | 22 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services; over the next 26 |
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she became a Deputy Administrator of the Medicaid | 2 | | program, and in 2002, took leadership for Eligibility
Policy; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Jacquetta Ellinger has served under governors, | 5 | | department heads, and medicaid directors in both
Republican and | 6 | | Democratic administrations, bringing to this work a detailed | 7 | | understanding of Medicaid
policy at both the State and federal | 8 | | levels; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, With her extensive knowledge and her desire to | 10 | | ensure greater access to health care
for people in need, | 11 | | Jacquetta Ellinger was a key leader who helped implement | 12 | | essential policies in the Medicaid and
Children's Health | 13 | | Insurance programs, including expanding healthcare under All | 14 | | Kids and the Affordable
Care Act; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After more than four decades as a selfless public | 16 | | servant dedicated to helping the
vulnerable, and with a career | 17 | | that spanned from caseworker to head of Illinois Medicaid | 18 | | eligibility policy,
Jacquetta Ellinger will retire from the | 19 | | State of Illinois on December 31, 2017; in her retirement, she | 20 | | plans
to unwind and enjoy more of life; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Jacquetta Ellinger is a loving daughter, caring | 22 | | aunt, sister, and friend, and
is a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan; |
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| 1 | | she makes fabulous pies and is adored by her family and | 2 | | friends; her work has
changed the lives of countless | 3 | | Illinoisans for the better; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | congratulate Jacquetta Ellinger on her retirement from | 7 | | Illinois State
Government after 38 years of service, and we | 8 | | wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Jacquetta Ellinger as an
expression of our esteem, | 12 | | gratitude, and respect.
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