HR0713 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Women's health and the health of families are of paramount importance to the citizens of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Illinois provides millions of taxpayer dollars in support of numerous efforts to protect the health of women and children, including funding educational campaigns, prenatal and postnatal care, and funding for community care clinics; and

WHEREAS, Illinois taxpayers have provided State funding and Illinois has acted as a conduit for federal funding of Planned Parenthood organizations in Illinois, including over $5.3 million in Fiscal Year 2015 from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Illinois Department of Public Health; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood Federation of America has recently come under scrutiny for practices related to Planned Parenthood's alleged sale of fetal tissue and fetal organs harvested from aborted fetuses; and

WHEREAS, The United States Congress has undertaken an investigation of federal funding of Planned Parenthood and the United States House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee has begun an investigation into Planned Parenthood Federation of America; and

WHEREAS, The sale of any human body parts, except to be reimbursed for reasonable expenses therefrom, is illegal in the State of Illinois (720 ILCS 5/12-20); therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys, including federal funds appropriated and distributed by the State of Illinois, provided by or through State agencies to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region & Southwest Missouri, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc., and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Inc. under contracts or grant agreements for Fiscal Year 2010 through year-to-date Fiscal Year 2016; and be it further

RESOLVED, That this performance audit include, but not be limited to, the following determinations:

(1) the purposes for which State moneys were provided to the aforementioned Planned Parenthood organizations;

(2) the actual use of State moneys by the aforementioned Planned Parenthood organizations;

(3) whether, through a review of available documentation, the aforementioned Planned Parenthood organizations have met or are meeting the purposes for which the State moneys were provided;

(4) the nature and extent of monitoring by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Illinois Department of Public Aid of the aforementioned Planned Parenthood organizations to ensure that State tax dollars have been expended appropriately;

(5) whether the aforementioned Planned Parenthood organizations are in compliance with the applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements pertaining to the receipt of funds, including, but not limited to, federal law contained in the Church Amendment, the Coats-Snow Amendment, or the Hyde-Weldon Amendment; and

(6) whether, through a review of available documentation, the aforementioned Planned Parenthood organizations, administrators, and employees appropriately applied necessary protocols pursuant to Section 6 of the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the aforementioned Planned Parenthood organizations, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and any other State agency or other entity or person that may have information relevant to this performance audit cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its audit; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this performance audit as soon as practical and report its findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Auditor General.