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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 69
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 69 by |
| 3 | | replacing everything after the heading with the following:
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| 4 | | "WHEREAS, In accordance with subsection (b) of Section 2 of
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| 5 | | Article VIII of the Illinois Constitution, the General Assembly |
| 6 | | has adopted House Joint Resolution 68 setting forth the |
| 7 | | estimates of general funds the General Assembly expects to be |
| 8 | | available during State fiscal year 2013; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly has found that |
| 10 | | $33,719,000,000 is available in general funds for spending and |
| 11 | | for the payment of unpaid State obligations; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Before the General Assembly makes allocations to |
| 13 | | the appropriation committees there are non-discretionary |
| 14 | | general funds spending items that should first be deducted; |
| 15 | | therefore be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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| 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
| 3 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the non-discretionary items |
| 4 | | shall be:
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| 5 | | Pensions - $5,100,000,000
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| 6 | | Group Insurance - $1,171,185,400
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| 7 | | Debt Service - $2,218,000,000 |
| 8 | | Statutory Transfers Out - $2,142,000,000
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| 9 | | Medicaid - $6,638,953,200
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| 10 | | For the backlog of unpaid State obligations from the |
| 11 | | Medicaid program, with 50% of this amount being provided from |
| 12 | | Federal reimbursements - $1,000,000,000 |
| 13 | | For the backlog of unpaid State obligations not related to |
| 14 | | the Medicaid program - $300,000,000; and be it further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That after spending for these non-discretionary |
| 16 | | items, of the general funds revenues that are estimated by the |
| 17 | | General Assembly, by joint resolution, to be available during |
| 18 | | State fiscal year 2013 and that are allocated to the |
| 19 | | appropriation committees for appropriation, the amount and |
| 20 | | percentage available to each House appropriation committee, |
| 21 | | assuming the allowance of an overall appropriation lapse of |
| 22 | | $650,000,000, are as follows:
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| 1 | | APPROPRIATIONS-ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION - |
| 2 | | $6,491,836,794, or 39.830% |
| 3 | | APPROPRIATIONS-GENERAL SERVICES - $1,165,014,734, or |
| 4 | | 7.148% |
| 5 | | APPROPRIATIONS-HIGHER EDUCATION - $1,978,809,910, or |
| 6 | | 12.141% |
| 7 | | APPROPRIATIONS-HUMAN SERVICES - $5,087,296,478, or 31.212% |
| 8 | | APPROPRIATIONS-PUBLIC SAFETY - $1,576,088,885, or 9.670%; |
| 9 | | and be it further
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| 10 | | RESOLVED, That the aforementioned amounts available to |
| 11 | | each appropriation committee are contingent upon actions being |
| 12 | | taken to reduce the accrual of Medicaid obligations incurred |
| 13 | | during State fiscal year 2013 in the amount of $2,700,000,000, |
| 14 | | and if this reduction is not achieved in full, then the amount |
| 15 | | deducted for the Medicaid program must be increased |
| 16 | | accordingly, and the amounts available to each appropriation |
| 17 | | committee must be reduced accordingly; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That if the actual amount of general funds that |
| 19 | | become available during State fiscal year 2013 exceeds the |
| 20 | | General Assembly's estimates set forth in House Joint |
| 21 | | Resolution 68, then that excess shall first be used to reduce |
| 22 | | the backlog of unpaid State obligations to the extent |
| 23 | | authorized by law, with the Comptroller prioritizing voucher |
| 24 | | payments for Medicaid obligations and any other obligations for |