Full Text of HJR0090 96th General Assembly
HJ0090 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois spent over $11 billion on | 3 |
| the Medicaid program in Fiscal Year 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services | 5 |
| (DHFS) is the single State agency ultimately responsible for | 6 |
| the Medicaid program in Illinois and serves as the State source | 7 |
| for submitting claims to the federal government and for | 8 |
| receiving federal reimbursements; and
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| WHEREAS, While DHFS is the primary State agency responsible | 10 |
| for the expenditure and efficient and effective management of | 11 |
| Medicaid funding, there are other State agencies that | 12 |
| administer portions of the program, including but not limited | 13 |
| to the Department of Human Services, the Department on Aging, | 14 |
| the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department | 15 |
| of Public Health, the University of Illinois, the Department of | 16 |
| Corrections, and the State Board of Education; and
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| WHEREAS, Audits, evaluations, and reviews of Medicaid | 18 |
| expenditures and functions have been performed by various | 19 |
| entities, including but not limited to the Illinois Auditor | 20 |
| General, the Attorney General, the Illinois Office of Internal | 21 |
| Audits, Illinois Inspectors General, the Illinois State Police | 22 |
| Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and entities responsible for |
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| internal State agency integrity, quality control, and quality | 2 |
| review functions; there also have been audits, evaluations, and | 3 |
| reviews conducted by federal entities; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, These audits, evaluations, and reviews of | 5 |
| Medicaid expenditures and functions contained numerous | 6 |
| findings and recommendations for management of State agencies | 7 |
| to consider to improve the economy, efficiency, and | 8 |
| effectiveness of the Medicaid program; and
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| WHEREAS, Timely and appropriate action by State agency | 10 |
| management is essential to resolving these findings and | 11 |
| recommendations and thereby improving the economy, efficiency, | 12 |
| and effectiveness of the Medicaid program; and
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| WHEREAS, Given the current financial condition of the State | 14 |
| and the need to make the most efficient and effective use of | 15 |
| limited State resources, knowing the status of the various | 16 |
| findings and recommendations could assist members of the | 17 |
| General Assembly and the Governor's Office in their | 18 |
| decision-making process; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 21 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Auditor General is directed | 22 |
| to follow up on the status of findings and recommendations from |
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| audits, evaluations, and reviews of the Illinois Medicaid | 2 |
| program and expenditures that have been conducted by State and | 3 |
| federal agencies since 2005; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the follow-up shall include, but not be | 5 |
| limited to, the following determinations: | 6 |
| (1) What audits, evaluations, and reviews have been | 7 |
| conducted; | 8 |
| (2) What the response of agency management was to those | 9 |
| reports; and | 10 |
| (3) Whether the recommendations have been timely | 11 |
| implemented by management of the State agencies | 12 |
| responsible for these Medicaid functions; and be it further | 13 |
| RESOLVED, That the Department of Healthcare and Family | 14 |
| Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department on | 15 |
| Aging, the Department of Public Health, the State Board of | 16 |
| Education, the Department of Corrections, the Department of | 17 |
| Children and Family Services, the University of Illinois, the | 18 |
| Office of the Attorney General, the Illinois State Police, and | 19 |
| any other agency, entity, or person that may have information | 20 |
| relevant to this follow-up shall cooperate fully and promptly | 21 |
| with the Auditor General's Office; and be it further | 22 |
| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall commence this | 23 |
| follow-up as soon as possible and report his findings and |
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| recommendations upon completion in accordance with the | 2 |
| provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; | 3 |
| and be it further | 4 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 |
| delivered to each of the following: the Auditor General; the | 6 |
| Attorney General; the Governor; the heads of each of the | 7 |
| following State agencies: the Department of Healthcare and | 8 |
| Family Services, the Department of Human Services, the | 9 |
| Department on Aging, the Department of Public Health, the | 10 |
| Department of Corrections, the Department of Children and | 11 |
| Family Services, and the Department of State Police; the State | 12 |
| Superintendent of Education; and the Board of Trustees of the | 13 |
| University of Illinois.
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