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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives adopted |
3 | | House Resolution 332 requesting the Commission on Government |
4 | | Forecasting and Accountability to study the cost of each |
5 | | healthcare mandate that is a part of the Illinois Insurance |
6 | | Code and in effect on the date that the resolution was adopted, |
7 | | as well as the cumulative effect of those mandates on the |
8 | | overall cost of health insurance in Illinois for businesses; |
9 | | and
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10 | | WHEREAS, House Resolution 332 further directed that the |
11 | | findings of the Commission be reported to the General Assembly |
12 | | by February 6, 2012, to ensure that the members of the General |
13 | | Assembly are informed about the costs and overall impact these |
14 | | mandates have on the ability of small and medium-sized |
15 | | businesses to purchase health insurance; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, In addition to the cost impact of health insurance |
17 | | mandates on business, there is also a need to analyze the |
18 | | purpose of the mandates that have been enacted in terms of the |
19 | | health outcomes that were intended by providing such coverage; |
20 | | and
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21 | | WHEREAS, The cost impact of health insurance mandates in |
22 | | terms of their effect on the health and well-being of |
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1 | | individuals and groups who may be covered should always be |
2 | | taken into consideration, especially if such coverage prevents |
3 | | further health problems or improves the health condition of the |
4 | | covered person; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Improvement of the health of individuals and |
6 | | groups covered by the insurance mandates can have a positive |
7 | | impact on the health and well-being of the employees of any |
8 | | business, which may impact the productivity of the workforce |
9 | | and the economic health of the business; therefore, be it
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10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
12 | | we request that the Commission on Government Forecasting and |
13 | | Accountability include, in the study that it conducts under |
14 | | House Resolution 332, additional findings and recommendations |
15 | | regarding the cost impact of health insurance mandates in terms |
16 | | of the intended purpose and health outcomes of each mandate so |
17 | | that the financial impact on business is not the sole |
18 | | consideration and the members of the General Assembly are more |
19 | | fully informed about the costs and overall impact of those |
20 | | mandates; and be it further
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21 | | RESOLVED, That the Commission incorporate these additional |
22 | | findings in its report under House Resolution 332; and be it |
23 | | further
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