Bill Text: IL HJR0125 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the State Sponsored Health Clinic Task Force to study the possibility of implementing a State of Illinois sponsored health clinic for state employees, dependents, and retirees, with the purpose of providing quality care and annual savings to State's overall group insurance costs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0125 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0125-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, State Employees Group Insurance provides | ||||||
3 | healthcare coverage for Illinois state employees
and | ||||||
4 | dependents; and
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5 | WHEREAS, State employees group insurance costs the State | ||||||
6 | nearly $2 billion annually; and
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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
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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
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13 | WHEREAS, Springfield School District 186 and Sangamon | ||||||
14 | County are partnering to launch a similar health clinic option | ||||||
15 | for their employees; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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23 | providing quality care and annual savings to State's overall |
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1 | group insurance costs; and be it further
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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
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16 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Central Management | ||||||
17 | services shall provide administrative support for the Task | ||||||
18 | Force;
and be it further
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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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