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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Director of the Department of Central 
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Management Services (CMS) is the chief procurement agent of the 
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State of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, CMS is responsible for administering the State's 
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Group Health Insurance coverage; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The State provides health insurance benefits to 
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over 350,000 employees, retirees, and dependents; and
 
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    WHEREAS, CMS has the primary responsibility for 
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negotiating and entering into contractual arrangements to 
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provide Group Health Insurance benefits for the State's 
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employees, retirees, and dependents; and
 
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    WHEREAS, CMS conducted the bidding process for managed care 
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organizations to bid on the contracts to provide health 
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benefits to the State's employees, retirees, and dependents; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, CMS has established criteria for this Request for 
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Proposals (RFP) bidding process and for awarding contracts for 
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the provision of health benefits to the State's employees, 
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retirees, and dependents; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Recent evidence has shown that CMS failed or 
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refused to comply with its own process for selecting managed 
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care organizations to participate in the State's Group Health 
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Insurance program; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Recent evidence shows that managed care 
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organizations that were ranked higher in the bidding criteria 
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were not awarded a contract to provide health benefits to the 
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State's employees, retirees, and dependents while managed care 
 


 






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organizations that were ranked lower were awarded such a 
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contract; and

 
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    WHEREAS, CMS recently concluded that the process used in 
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selecting managed care organizations to provide health 
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benefits to the State's employees, retirees, and dependents was 
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inadequate; and
 
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    WHEREAS, CMS plans to re-bid these contracts due to the 
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questions that have arisen about the original bidding process; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, The General Assembly is concerned that CMS did not 
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follow its own criteria in the awarding of the original 
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contracts for providing health benefits to the State's 
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employees, retirees and dependents; and
 
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    WHEREAS, the Attorney General is the Chief Legal Officer of 
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the State and is charged with investigating alleged violations 
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of the law; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Senate 
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requests that the Attorney General conduct a thorough 
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investigation of the Request for Proposals (RFP) process used 
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by CMS to select managed care organizations to participate in 
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the State's Group Health Insurance program; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate requests that the 
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Attorney General proffer an opinion on the validity of the 
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process used by CMS to select managed care organizations to 
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participate in the State's Group Health Insurance program; and 
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be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Attorney General is asked to pay 
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particular attention to the points awarded to each bidder in 
 


 






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CMS's own RFP process and conclude whether the initial 
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selection of managed care organizations was proper and 
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adequately adhered to the criteria of CMS's own RFP; and be it 
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further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to 
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the Attorney General in an expedited manner.