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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1534
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Creates the Children's Health Insurance Task Force. Sets forth membership requirements and voting procedures for the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to gather information and make recommendations relating to access to quality, affordable health insurance for children in Illinois. Requires the Task Force to conduct public hearings at locations throughout the State at least every other month during the first year after the appointment of a majority of its voting members and as determined by a majority of its voting members in each year thereafter. Requires the Task Force to serve as an official forum for discussions concerning the implementation and oversight of current health insurance programs, including discussion on administrative rules needed to administer the programs. Requires the Task Force to submit an annual report to the General Assembly. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide for the administrative expenses of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force is abolished and the Section is repealed on January 1, 2012. Effective immediately.
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HB1534 |
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LRB095 04188 KBJ 24226 b |
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| AN ACT concerning insurance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Children's Health Insurance Program Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 65 as follows: |
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| (215 ILCS 106/65 new) |
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| Sec. 65. Children's Health Insurance Task Force. |
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| (a) To ensure proper oversight of programs that have been |
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| created to provide access to quality, affordable health care |
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| for children residing in Illinois, there is hereby established |
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| the bipartisan Children's Health Insurance Task Force. |
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| (b) The Task Force shall consist of 12 voting members, as |
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| follows: 3 members of the Senate appointed by the President of |
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| the Senate, 3 members of the Senate appointed by the Senate |
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| Minority Leader, 3 members of the House of Representatives |
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| appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and 3 |
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| members of the House of Representatives appointed by the House |
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| Minority Leader. All actions of the Task Force require the |
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| affirmative vote of at least 7 voting members. |
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| Voting members appointed to the Task Force shall elect from |
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| among themselves 2 co-chairs, with the co-chairs representing |
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| different political parties. |
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| Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be |