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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Recent media reports indicate that a state
3workers' compensation arbitrator who was to decide whether
4former Illinois State Trooper Matt Mitchell should be
5compensated for his injuries took actions to keep an
6arbitration hearing secret; and
 
7    WHEREAS, It was only through diligent work by the press
8that led to the Freedom of Information Act requests inquiring
9about the change of hearing place that led to the general
10public's knowledge of this arbitration action; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The chief of staff for the Illinois Attorney
12General spoke out against apparent deceptive practices
13manifested by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
14when it appears to have attempted to mislead and prevent the
15public to be informed of a public arbitration hearing;
16therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19the Illinois Auditor General conduct an extraordinary
20compliance and programmatic audit of the Workers' Compensation
21Commission, with special, but not exclusive, attention, to the
22issue of possible collusion between the Commission and Illinois

 

 

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1public safety officers, especially the case of former Trooper
2Matt Mitchell.