Full Text of HJR0125 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, State Employees Group Insurance provides | 3 | | healthcare coverage for Illinois state employees
and | 4 | | dependents; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, State employees group insurance costs the State | 6 | | nearly $2 billion annually; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, It is important to continue to provide adequate | 8 | | care to Illinois employees and their families
while also being | 9 | | economically efficient; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In 2017, the City of Springfield, in an effort to | 11 | | address the situation of rising healthcare costs,
opened an | 12 | | employer sponsored health clinic; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Springfield School District 186 and Sangamon | 14 | | County are partnering to launch a similar health clinic option | 15 | | for their employees; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, An employer-sponsored health clinic is designed | 17 | | to be a clinic where employees are able to
receive various | 18 | | services, including lab work and medical care for minor issues | 19 | | with no out-of-pocket
costs to the employee and dependents; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The issue of controlling health care costs has | 2 | | been a contentious issue for the State of Illinois
and its | 3 | | employee unions through the collective bargaining process for | 4 | | many years, with the current
contract being tied up in the | 5 | | judicial system; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, An employer-sponsored health clinic for employees | 7 | | and dependents can see savings by
paying a flat contracted rate | 8 | | between the clinic and the employer rather than paying much | 9 | | higher rates
at similar clinics under health insurance plans; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, As the cost of health care in Illinois and across | 12 | | the country continues to rise, it is vital that the
State of | 13 | | Illinois look for innovative ways to provide access to care for | 14 | | its employees, dependents, and
retirees while at the same time | 15 | | maintaining current levels of care and doing so at a lower | 16 | | overall cost
to taxpayers in Illinois; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 19 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the State Sponsored | 20 | | Health Clinic Task Force to study the possibility of | 21 | | implementing a State of Illinois
sponsored health clinic for | 22 | | state employees, dependents, and retirees, with the purpose of
| 23 | | providing quality care and annual savings to State's overall |
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| 1 | | group insurance costs; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of the | 3 | | following members, to serve without
compensation: | 4 | | 1) Two individuals appointed by the Speaker of the | 5 | | House; | 6 | | 2) Two individuals appointed by the Minority Leader of | 7 | | the House; | 8 | | 3) Two individuals appointed by the President of the | 9 | | Senate; | 10 | | 4) Two individuals appointed by the Minority Leader of | 11 | | the Senate; | 12 | | 5) One individual appointed by the Governor; and | 13 | | 6) One individual appointed by the president/director | 14 | | of a union representing the largest amount of State | 15 | | employees; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Central Management | 17 | | services shall provide administrative support for the Task | 18 | | Force;
and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its final report | 20 | | to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2018, and | 21 | | upon the filing of its report, the Task Force is dissolved; and | 22 | | be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the Director of Central Management
Services, the | 3 | | Speaker of the House, the Minority Leader of the House, the | 4 | | President of the Senate, the
Minority Leader of the Senate, the | 5 | | Governor, and the president/director of a union representing | 6 | | the largest amount of State
employees.
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