August 18, 2003
To the Honorable Members of the
Illinois House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly
Pursuant to Article IV, Section
9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return House Bill 88,
entitled “AN ACT in relation to health care”, with the following specific
recommendations for change:
on page 5, by replacing
lines 27 through 29 with the following:
"based non-for-profit agency
is unqualified to accept such assignment. Where the clientele of any";
and
by replacing lines 31
through 34 on page 5 and line 1 on page 6 with the following:
"under this amendatory Act of
1977 by more than 3% over the prior year, the Department shall fully reimburse
such agency for the costs of providing services to such persons in excess of
such 3% increase. The Department shall keep written records"; and
on page 24, line 12, by
deleting “safety precautions and”; and
on page 24, line 13, by
deleting “lap belts,”.
With these changes, House Bill 88
will have my approval. I respectfully request your concurrence.
Sincerely,
ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH
Governor