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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1063
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 1063 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the heading with the following:
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4 | "WHEREAS, Public Act 94-693 was signed into law to create | ||||||
5 | the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act to provide access to | ||||||
6 | affordable health insurance coverage for all children residing | ||||||
7 | in the State of Illinois; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
9 | estimates that there are 253,000 uninsured children in Illinois | ||||||
10 | and roughly half of these children are eligible for the KidCare | ||||||
11 | program; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The provisions of the new Covering ALL KIDS Health | ||||||
13 | Insurance Program provide that children may be enrolled in the | ||||||
14 | program as long as they are living in Illinois for other than a | ||||||
15 | temporary or transitory purpose and no requirement for previous | ||||||
16 | residency is required; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Concerns have arisen that families may move to | ||||||
18 | Illinois from other areas to take advantage of the new Covering | ||||||
19 | ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, which includes a State | ||||||
20 | subsidy for the medical care provided to enrollees; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Families move for many reasons, including for |
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1 | employment, and often these moves are across state lines; all | ||||||
2 | variables influencing these moves, as well as historic patterns | ||||||
3 | of movement among families, must be taken into account to | ||||||
4 | accurately assess whether families come to Illinois for the | ||||||
5 | sole purpose of enrolling their children in the Covering ALL | ||||||
6 | KIDS Health Insurance Program; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
8 | NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
9 | we urge the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in | ||||||
10 | completing the study required under Section 45 of the Covering | ||||||
11 | ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, to assess the extent to which | ||||||
12 | the availability of the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance | ||||||
13 | Program has increased the movement of families into the State; | ||||||
14 | and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That information gathered from surveying | ||||||
16 | residency for Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program | ||||||
17 | enrollees should be included in the report that the Department | ||||||
18 | of Healthcare and Family Services is required to submit to the | ||||||
19 | Governor and the General Assembly under Section 45 of the | ||||||
20 | Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
22 | presented to the Director of Healthcare and Family Services.". |