Full Text of HR0988 95th General Assembly
HR0988 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Many of the most vulnerable people in Illinois, | 3 |
| including persons with mental, developmental, and physical | 4 |
| disabilities, children, the elderly, and persons who are | 5 |
| homeless, depend upon State-funded programs for crucial | 6 |
| services; and
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| WHEREAS, The services supported by State funds include | 8 |
| health care, food, shelter, clothing, and other vital services | 9 |
| needed to keep persons alive, healthy, and out of institutions; | 10 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois provides a substantial percentage of | 12 |
| these services through grants and contracts with private | 13 |
| not-for-profit organizations, most of which organizations are | 14 |
| completely or substantially dependent on State funding for | 15 |
| their continued survival and many of which are small and lack | 16 |
| financial reserves or other assets; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois has entered into contracts with persons | 18 |
| with disabilities to provide peer-to-peer and other important | 19 |
| services, facilitate their recovery and re-entry into the | 20 |
| Illinois economy, and reduce the burden on taxpayers to support | 21 |
| such persons; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois does not have backup or redundant | 2 |
| services; indeed, in most areas of Illinois there are already | 3 |
| insufficient services to meet current needs; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois is falling further and further behind in | 5 |
| paying outside persons and not-for-profit organizations for | 6 |
| the services provided by them to Illinois' most vulnerable | 7 |
| citizens; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Late or delayed payments will result in the | 9 |
| cutback of crucial services to Illinois' most vulnerable | 10 |
| citizens and threaten the continued existence of some | 11 |
| organizations; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Illinois has previously enacted legislation | 13 |
| requiring the prompt payment of bills for crucial social | 14 |
| services provided to vulnerable populations; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| urge the Governor to take prompt and effective steps to ensure | 18 |
| that those entities providing crucial services to Illinois' | 19 |
| vulnerable populations under a State contract or grant receive | 20 |
| prompt payment for those services; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Governor report to the Speaker of the |
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| House of Representatives of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly | 2 |
| the steps that have been taken to implement this resolution; | 3 |
| and be it further | 4 |
| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 5 |
| each of the following: the Governor, the Secretary of Human | 6 |
| Services, the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, the | 7 |
| Director of Children and Family Services, the State | 8 |
| Comptroller, and the State Treasurer.
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