September 10, 2007
To the
Honorable Members of the
Illinois House of Representatives
95th
General Assembly
Pursuant to
Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return
House Bill 1628, entitled “AN
ACT concerning regulation.”, with the following specific recommendations for
change:
on page 1, line 19, by replacing “The”
with “To the extent allowed by all applicable privacy and confidentiality
laws, the”; and
on page 3, line 8, after “or”,
by inserting “, at the discretion of the Department, the”; and
on page 3, line 22, by replacing “An
enrollee must be excused” with “The Department may excuse an enrollee”;
and
on page 4, line 9 through 11, by
deleting “(c) The Department shall adopt variance procedures for the
application of any disease management program or any performance measures to an
individual enrollee.”.
With these changes, House Bill 1628 will have my approval.
I respectfully request your concurrence.
Sincerely,
ROD R.
BLAGOJEVICH
Governor