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HOUSE RESOLUTION 1063

 
2     WHEREAS, Public Act 94-693 was signed into law to create
3 the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act to provide access to
4 affordable health insurance coverage for all children residing
5 in the State of Illinois; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
7 estimates that there are 253,000 uninsured children in Illinois
8 and roughly half of these children are eligible for the KidCare
9 program; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The provisions of the new Covering ALL KIDS Health
11 Insurance Program provide that children may be enrolled in the
12 program as long as they are living in Illinois for other than a
13 temporary or transitory purpose and no requirement for previous
14 residency is required; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Concerns have arisen that families may move to
16 Illinois from other areas to take advantage of the new Covering
17 ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, which includes a State
18 subsidy for the medical care provided to enrollees; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Families move for many reasons, including for
20 employment, and often these moves are across state lines; all
21 variables influencing these moves, as well as historic patterns
22 of movement among families, must be taken into account to
23 accurately assess whether families come to Illinois for the
24 sole purpose of enrolling their children in the Covering ALL
25 KIDS Health Insurance Program; therefore, be it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we urge the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in
29 completing the study required under Section 45 of the Covering
30 ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, to assess the extent to which

 

 

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1 the availability of the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance
2 Program has increased the movement of families into the State;
3 and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That information gathered from surveying
5 residency for Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program
6 enrollees should be included in the report that the Department
7 of Healthcare and Family Services is required to submit to the
8 Governor and the General Assembly under Section 45 of the
9 Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the Director of Healthcare and Family Services.