Full Text of HR0021 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Suspension of expenditures for indigent burial | 3 | | funds contained in the Department
of Human Services budget was | 4 | | announced on April 3, 2015, retroactive to January 15 of that | 5 | | year; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Governor Rauner's administration's proposed FY | 7 | | 2016 budget eliminated funding for the
program in its | 8 | | entirety; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Articles III, IV, V, and VI of the Illinois | 10 | | Public Aid Code directs the State to pay "such
reasonable | 11 | | amounts as may be necessary to meet costs of the funeral, | 12 | | burial space, and
cemetery charges"; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Humans Services (DHS) website | 14 | | proclaims the funeral and burial
benefits program "pays for | 15 | | the funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and
| 16 | | all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard | 17 | | payment rates"; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The website further states these funds are | 19 | | available for individuals who at the
time of their death are | 20 | | participating in or who are qualified for All Kids Assist, | 21 | | Parent/All
Kids Assist, All Kids Moms & Babies, Family Assist, |
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| 1 | | and AABD Medical or were receiving
TANF or an AABD cash grant; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, This program provided burial and funeral | 4 | | assistance to 8,649 Illinoisans of all ages
in FY 2014, whose | 5 | | estates were insufficient to cover necessary expenses and for | 6 | | whom no
responsible relative existed; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Every person deserves to be treated with dignity | 8 | | and respect at their death,
regardless of their income; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Implementation of such an edict without a | 10 | | workable alternative plan in place may
reduce the State's | 11 | | expenditures but is not a solution the citizens of the State of | 12 | | Illinois find
acceptable; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we request the immediate reinstatement of the program and | 16 | | release of such funds; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That providers of medical services to residents | 18 | | qualifying for benefits authorized
under the Illinois Public | 19 | | Aid Code are urged to be notified of this reinstatement; and be | 20 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we urge media outlets statewide to be | 2 | | alerted and asked to report the
restatement with instructions | 3 | | for how families in need of assistance can apply.
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