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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Public Act 94-693 was signed into law to create |
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| the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act to provide access to |
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| affordable health insurance coverage for all children residing |
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| in the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services |
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| estimates that there are 253,000 uninsured children in Illinois |
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| and roughly half of these children are eligible for the KidCare |
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| program; and
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| WHEREAS, The provisions of the new Covering ALL KIDS Health |
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| Insurance Program provide that children may be enrolled in the |
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| program as long as they are living in Illinois for other than a |
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| temporary or transitory purpose and no requirement for previous |
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| residency is required; and
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| WHEREAS, Concerns have arisen that families may move to |
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| Illinois from other areas to take advantage of the new Covering |
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| ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, which includes a State |
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| subsidy for the medical care provided to enrollees; and
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| WHEREAS, The Department of Healthcare and Family Services |
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| is adding headcount to provide for administration of the |
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| Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program and this additional |
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| headcount has the ability to monitor the prior residency of |
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| Program enrollees; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we urge the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to |
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| track the recent areas of residence of Covering ALL KIDS Health |
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| Insurance Program enrollees for the last 3 years to ensure that |
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| the Program is successfully enrolling uninsured children |
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| historically residing in Illinois; and be it further
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