Full Text of HR1000 095th General Assembly
HR1000 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Many Illinoisans are without access to health care | 3 |
| because they are not eligible for existing public programs or | 4 |
| are not covered by insurance; Illinois needs to develop | 5 |
| creative new ways to help residents gain access to health care; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 8 |
| can approve a waiver of federal law and regulations under the | 9 |
| Medicaid program to extend health insurance to low-income | 10 |
| parents of children now covered by Medicaid and the State | 11 |
| Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), as well as | 12 |
| childless adults; and
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| WHEREAS, Enrollment in a program under such a waiver can, | 14 |
| for example, give participants access to a high-deductible | 15 |
| health plan that includes an account patterned on the model of | 16 |
| a health savings account; to assist with out-of-pocket costs | 17 |
| incurred prior to the coverage threshold, both the individual | 18 |
| and the State can make contributions to the account; | 19 |
| participant contributions to the account can be set on a | 20 |
| sliding scale based on ability to pay, but at no more than, for | 21 |
| example, 5% of gross family income; any funds remaining in the | 22 |
| account at the end of the year can be rolled-over to offset the | 23 |
| following year's contributions if age-appropriate preventive |
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| services are obtained; the program might also permit and | 2 |
| encourage employers to contribute to their employees' health | 3 |
| savings accounts; and
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| WHEREAS, Under such a waiver, a program might provide for | 5 |
| no copay for services except for use of an emergency room for | 6 |
| non-emergency treatment; benefits can include physician | 7 |
| services, prescription drugs, home health services, in-patient | 8 |
| and out-patient hospital services, mental health and substance | 9 |
| abuse treatment, and preventive services; and
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| WHEREAS, A program under a waiver could provide access to | 11 |
| health care coverage for persons whose incomes do not exceed, | 12 |
| for example, 200% of the federal poverty level, or $20,420 for | 13 |
| an individual and $41,300 for a family of four; and
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| WHEREAS, Such a program would provide support for | 15 |
| individuals and families with low incomes but also require them | 16 |
| to assume some responsibility for the cost of that care; | 17 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 |
| urge the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to seek | 21 |
| approval of a Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration project | 22 |
| waiver to expand health insurance for low-income persons |
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| without delay; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| delivered to the Director of Healthcare and Family Services.
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