Bill Text: IL HR0830 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the administration of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to delay the transition of Illinois's youth in care to Medicaid managed care for a period of one year.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-22 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0830 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0830-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Throughout the State of Illinois, there are | ||||||
3 | thousands of foster parents who have taken on the
solemn | ||||||
4 | responsibility of caring for the thousands of youth in care who | ||||||
5 | are in the charge of the Illinois
Department of Children and | ||||||
6 | Family Services (DCFS); and
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7 | WHEREAS, As part of the DCFS mandate to administer care for | ||||||
8 | our youth in care, access to quality medical
care to ensure the | ||||||
9 | health and well-being of these youth in care must be our top | ||||||
10 | priority; and
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11 | WHEREAS, To meet this obligation, DCFS intends to | ||||||
12 | transition youth in care from traditional Medicaid to
a | ||||||
13 | Medicaid managed care program administered by YouthCare; and
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14 | WHEREAS, While the transition to managed care is intended | ||||||
15 | to improve the healthcare available to
these vulnerable | ||||||
16 | children, it is clear that YouthCare is not yet ready for this | ||||||
17 | responsibility; serious
concerns exist about the provider | ||||||
18 | network needed to meet the specialized care needs of these | ||||||
19 | children; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The concerns with YouthCare have already caused | ||||||
21 | the managed care transition to be delayed
on two occasions, but |
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1 | it is clear that the multitude of concerns have not been | ||||||
2 | addressed; and
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3 | WHEREAS, As the State has begun processing the transition | ||||||
4 | of now adopted youth in care and young
adults under age 26 who | ||||||
5 | have aged out of the foster care system onto Medicaid managed | ||||||
6 | care on
February 1, 2020, this represents an opportunity for | ||||||
7 | evaluation before transitioning the more than
17,000 youth in | ||||||
8 | care in the foster care system; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Not only will the evaluation of this transition | ||||||
10 | help sort out potential issues and give more
time for YouthCare | ||||||
11 | to improve its provider network, but it will also allow time to | ||||||
12 | determine the success of the
other five managed care providers | ||||||
13 | that are available to adoptees and aged out youth in care; and
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14 | WHEREAS, If this transition and access to additional | ||||||
15 | providers proves successful, delaying the youth in
care | ||||||
16 | transition will allow the legislature the opportunity to update | ||||||
17 | the law and ensure better healthcare
access for all our youth | ||||||
18 | in care; and
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19 | WHEREAS, It is therefore necessary to delay the transition | ||||||
20 | of youth in care in the charge of DCFS to
Medicaid managed care | ||||||
21 | for a period of one year beyond the currently scheduled | ||||||
22 | transition date of April
1, 2020; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
2 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | we urge the administration of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to | ||||||
4 | delay the transition of the State's youth in care to Medicaid | ||||||
5 | managed care for a period of one year; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That we stand ready to work with the | ||||||
7 | administration
and, if necessary, enact legislation to ensure | ||||||
8 | the health and well-being of our youth in care is protected; | ||||||
9 | and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | delivered to Governor JB Pritzker, Department of Children and | ||||||
12 | Family Services Acting Director Marc D. Smith,
and Department | ||||||
13 | of Healthcare and Family Services Director Theresa Eagleson.
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