HR1063ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR1063HAM001 LRB094 20001 AMC 58209 a

AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1063

AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 1063 by replacing everything after the heading with the following:

"WHEREAS, Public Act 94-693 was signed into law to create the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act to provide access to affordable health insurance coverage for all children residing in the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services estimates that there are 253,000 uninsured children in Illinois and roughly half of these children are eligible for the KidCare program; and

WHEREAS, The provisions of the new Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program provide that children may be enrolled in the program as long as they are living in Illinois for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and no requirement for previous residency is required; and

WHEREAS, Concerns have arisen that families may move to Illinois from other areas to take advantage of the new Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, which includes a State subsidy for the medical care provided to enrollees; and

WHEREAS, Families move for many reasons, including for employment, and often these moves are across state lines; all variables influencing these moves, as well as historic patterns of movement among families, must be taken into account to accurately assess whether families come to Illinois for the sole purpose of enrolling their children in the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in completing the study required under Section 45 of the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, to assess the extent to which the availability of the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program has increased the movement of families into the State; and be it further

RESOLVED, That information gathered from surveying residency for Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program enrollees should be included in the report that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services is required to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly under Section 45 of the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Director of Healthcare and Family Services.".