August 18, 2003

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives

93^rd General Assembly

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return House Bill 88, entitled “AN ACT in relation to health care”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

            on page 5, by replacing lines 27 through 29 with the following:

"based non-for-profit agency is unqualified to accept such assignment.  Where the clientele of any"; and

            by replacing lines 31 through 34 on page 5 and line 1 on page 6 with the following:

"under this amendatory Act of 1977 by more than 3% over the prior year, the Department shall fully reimburse such agency for the costs of providing services to such persons in excess of such 3% increase.  The Department shall keep written records"; and

            on page 24, line 12, by deleting “safety precautions and”; and

            on page 24, line 13, by deleting “lap belts,”.

With these changes, House Bill 88 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence.

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor