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92_SR0452

 
                                               LRB9217084DJgc

 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The Department  of  Human  Services  has  funded
 3    community-based  agencies  serving  people with developmental
 4    disabilities and mental illness  with  grants  for  Community
 5    Integrated Living Arrangements (CILA), Developmental Training
 6    (DT) programs, and Supported Employment Programs (SEP); and

 7        WHEREAS, The General Assembly has worked to restore State
 8    funding to these community-based agencies; and

 9        WHEREAS,  The General Assembly wishes to increase Federal
10    Medicaid funding; and

11        WHEREAS, The United States Department of Health and Human
12    Services, Centers for  Medicare  &  Medicaid  Services  (CMS)
13    (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration), does not
14    require  a  fee-for-service  system  to  claim Medicaid match
15    funds; and

16        WHEREAS,  The  Department  of  Human  Services  currently
17    reconciles grant-funded programs to claim  Federal  Financial
18    Participation funds; and

19        WHEREAS,  The  Department of Human Services' plan to move
20    from grant funding to  fee-for-services  funding  will  force
21    community agencies serving people with disabilities to reduce
22    or   eliminate  services  to  individuals  already  receiving
23    services; therefore, be it

24        RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-SECOND  GENERAL
25    ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  STATE  OF ILLINOIS, that the Department of
26    Human Services should continue grant  funding  for  community
27    agencies   and  work  within  the  grant  system  to  re-coup
28    additional Federal Medicaid dollars; and be it further

29        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded  to
30    the Secretary of Human Services.

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