August 24,
2009
To the
Honorable Members of the Illinois Senate,
96th
General Assembly:
Today, I return Senate Bill 1583
with my specific recommendations for change. I thank the sponsors for their
hard work and the members of the General Assembly for passing this bill.
However, in order for me to give unqualified support to this measure, I
respectfully request the adoption of the recommendations set forth below.
Senate Bill 1583 requires the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services to develop a pediatric palliative care pilot program.
While I believe this is a laudable goal, during this period of unprecedented
financial difficulty, we cannot create any new mandates without available
revenue. Accordingly, I am conditioning this program on sufficient
appropriations being available for its support.
Therefore, pursuant to Article
IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return Senate
Bill 1583, entitled “AN ACT concerning public aid.”, with the following
specific recommendations for change:
on page 2, line 7, by replacing
“develop” with “develop, subject to appropriation,”; and
on page 2, line 14, by replacing
“submit” with “submit, subject to appropriation,”; and
on page 2, line 18, by replacing
“shall” with “may”; and
on page 2, line 23, by replacing
“shall” with “may”; and
on page 3, line 2, by replacing
“implement” with “implement, subject to appropriation,”; and
on page 3, line 16, by replacing
“determine” with “determine, subject to appropriation,”; and
on page 5, line 23, by replacing
“include” with “include, subject to appropriation,”; and
on page 6 by replacing line 8
with “Section 35. Included counties. Subject to appropriation, services under
the pilot”; and
on page 6, line 23, by replacing
“provided” with “provided, subject to appropriation,”; and
on page 7, line 12, by replacing
“oversee” with “oversee, subject to appropriation,”; and
on page 7 line 16, by replacing
“appoint” with “appoint, subject to appropriation,”; and
on page 8, by replacing line 7
with “(a) Subject to appropriation, the program implemented under this Act
shall be”; and
on page 8, line 13, by replacing
“shall” with “may”; and
on page 8, by replacing line 20
with “(c) Subject to appropriation, at the end of the 3-year pilot program,
the Department”; and
on page 11, by replacing lines 15
through 26 with the following:
“(e) blank. (e) The Board
shall advise the Department on all aspects of the Department's responsibilities
under this Act, including the format and content of any rules adopted by the
Department on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly. Any such rule or amendment to a rule proposed on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, except an emergency
rule adopted pursuant to Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act, that is adopted without obtaining the advice of the Board is null and
void. If the Department fails to follow the advice of the Board with respect to
a proposed rule or amendment to a rule, the Department shall, before adopting
the”; and
on page 12, by replacing lines 1
through 8 with the following:
“rule or amendment to a rule,
transmit a written explanation of the reason for its action to the Board.
During its review of rules, the Board shall analyze the economic and regulatory
impact of those rules. If the Board, having been asked for its advice with
respect to a proposed rule or amendment to a rule, fails to advise the
Department within 90 days, the proposed rule or amendment shall be considered
to have been acted upon by the Board.”; and
on page 12, line 9, by replacing
“review” with “review, subject to appropriation,”.
With these
changes, Senate Bill 1583 will have my approval. I respectfully request your
concurrence.
Sincerely,
PAT QUINN
Governor