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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.