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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to honor Julie E. Hamos, former Director | ||||||
| 4 | of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
| 5 | (DHFS), on her distinguished career in public service; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In April of 2010, Director Hamos was appointed to | ||||||
| 7 | oversee DHFS, a $19.5 billion State agency responsible for | ||||||
| 8 | providing healthcare coverage for adults and children and for | ||||||
| 9 | providing child support services; she oversaw the expansion of | ||||||
| 10 | managed medical care and the expansion of healthcare coverage | ||||||
| 11 | under President Obama's Affordable Care Act; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, From 1999 to 2010, Director Hamos served as State | ||||||
| 13 | Representative of the 18th District; during her tenure in the | ||||||
| 14 | General Assembly, she spearheaded legislation on numerous | ||||||
| 15 | issues, including healthcare, agriculture, housing, | ||||||
| 16 | telecommunications, mass transit, and aviation; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Director Hamos served as President of Julie E. | ||||||
| 18 | Hamos & Associates from 1988 to 2007; she was Director of the | ||||||
| 19 | Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Child Support Division | ||||||
| 20 | from 1985 to 1988; Legislative Counsel for the Cook County | ||||||
| 21 | State's Attorney's Office from 1981 to 1985; Director of | ||||||
| 22 | Legislation and Political Action for the American Federation of | ||||||
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| 1 | State, County, & Municipal Employees from 1979 to 1980; | ||||||
| 2 | Legislative Attorney for the Legislative Support Center in | ||||||
| 3 | Springfield from 1976 to 1979; and Staff Attorney for the | ||||||
| 4 | United States House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on | ||||||
| 5 | Oversight in Washington, D.C. from 1975 to 1976; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Director Hamos was named a fellow at the Harvard | ||||||
| 7 | Kennedy School of Government for Senior Executives in State and | ||||||
| 8 | Local Government in 2004; she has been named a "top legislator" | ||||||
| 9 | by more than 50 organizations and was one of "25 Women to | ||||||
| 10 | Watch" in Crain's Chicago Business in 2007; she has received | ||||||
| 11 | numerous awards, recognitions, and honors throughout her | ||||||
| 12 | career; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Director Hamos received her Bachelor of Arts from | ||||||
| 14 | Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in June of 1972, | ||||||
| 15 | and her Juris Doctor from The National Law Center at George | ||||||
| 16 | Washington University in Washington, D.C. in June of 1975; she | ||||||
| 17 | is a licensed attorney in Ohio and Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 20 | honor Julie E. Hamos, former Director of the Illinois | ||||||
| 21 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, on her | ||||||
| 22 | distinguished career in public service and wish her the best in | ||||||
| 23 | all her future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Director Hamos as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 3 | respect.
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