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HOUSE RESOLUTION 1063


 

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

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

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

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

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

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we urge the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in 
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completing the study required under Section 45 of the Covering 
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ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, to assess the extent to which 
 


 






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the availability of the  Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance 
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Program has increased the movement of families into the State; 
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and be it further

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

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