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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 3

AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 3 by replacing everything after the title with the following:

"WHEREAS, Medicaid is the nation's major public insurance program for providing health and long term care coverage to millions of low-income citizens including newly eligible populations to whom the State of Illinois has recently expended benefits; and

WHEREAS, Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) are used in determining the amount of federal matching funds for state expenditures associated with the Medicaid programs; and

WHEREAS, FMAP rates vary from state to state with some states receiving matching rates as high as 83 percent, while Illinois receives only the minimum FMAP rate of 50 percent; and

WHEREAS, Increasing the FMAP rate in Illinois to 55 percent would result in an increase of $500 million in federal funding; and

WHEREAS, Without a FMAP rate increase, taxpayers may be called upon to further fund the Medicaid program in this time of economic need; and

WHEREAS, The FMAP rate for Illinois does not adequately reflect the increasing population of Medicaid recipients in Illinois; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we support and urge efforts by the United States Congress and the President of the United States to provide an increase in the FMAP rate for Illinois to more adequately reflect the population of Medicaid recipients in Illinois; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be delivered to each member of the Illinois Congressional delegation, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and the President of the United States.".