Bill Text: IL HR0720 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Governor to reconsider Executive Order 15 and expresses the opinion of the Illinois House of Representatives that an objective reconsideration of Executive Order 15 would lead to the withdrawal of the gubernatorial order.
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0720 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0720-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In June of 2009, the Governor issued Executive | ||||||
| 3 | Order 15, which allows collective bargaining by individual | ||||||
| 4 | providers of home-based support services; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Home-Based Services Program provides services | ||||||
| 6 | to individuals with severe disabilities who need help with | ||||||
| 7 | daily living activities in order to remain in their communities | ||||||
| 8 | and live as independently as possible; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Many of the individual providers of home-based | ||||||
| 10 | support services are parents who are providing services to | ||||||
| 11 | their children; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Continuity of care is important for profoundly | ||||||
| 13 | disabled children who are served in the program; even a minor | ||||||
| 14 | change in the care provided can have a significant negative | ||||||
| 15 | impact on the disabled child; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The payments given to parents who provide services | ||||||
| 17 | to their disabled children do not meet the cost of providing | ||||||
| 18 | care; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The unionization of providers of home-based | ||||||
| 20 | support services would decrease the resources that are | ||||||
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| 1 | available to parents to provide necessary care to their | ||||||
| 2 | disabled children and could lead to the separation of disabled | ||||||
| 3 | children from their families and the placement of those | ||||||
| 4 | children in higher-cost State facilities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Collective bargaining is allowed under many State | ||||||
| 6 | and federal laws, and many members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 7 | Representatives are strong supporters of America's tradition | ||||||
| 8 | of collective labor bargaining; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Executive Order 15 does not have a regulatory | ||||||
| 10 | sunset date, and it could allow for repeat and continuous | ||||||
| 11 | elections; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, On October 19, 2009, individual providers of | ||||||
| 13 | home-based support services voted against collective | ||||||
| 14 | bargaining representation with an overwhelming 66% of the vote; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Neither of the two unions seeking collective | ||||||
| 17 | bargaining status received more than 20% of the vote; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, It is time to listen to the will of the individual | ||||||
| 19 | providers of home-based support services; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
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| 1 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 2 | urge the Governor to reconsider Executive Order 15; and be it | ||||||
| 3 | further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That we express our opinion that an objective | ||||||
| 5 | reconsideration of Executive Order 15 would lead to the | ||||||
| 6 | withdrawal of the gubernatorial order, as it does not reflect | ||||||
| 7 | the attitudes and desires of the individual providers of | ||||||
| 8 | home-based support services that the order sought to help; and | ||||||
| 9 | be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the Governor of the State of Illinois.
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