Bill Text: IL SJR0031 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Encourages the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to utilize the funds available due to the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, also known as FMAP, along with funds available in the Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust Fund and funds available in the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund to maintain appropriation levels supporting current community care provided by mental health and substance misuse treatment community providers and increase funding to pay the State's obligations in a timely fashion.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-05-30 - Adopted Both Houses [SJR0031 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SJR0031-Introduced.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The State of Illinois' children, mothers,
families and individuals are experiencing economic hardships,
increasing stress in their personal and family lives; and
WHEREAS, The loss of jobs, homes, and charitable and
government funded services adds to the incidence and severity
of mental illness and substance abuse, resulting in increased
burdens on law enforcement services and hospital emergency
rooms and suffering of children and the families who bear the
burden of dealing with those suffering from mental illness and
substance abuse; and
WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is in an historic fiscal
crisis affecting its ability to maintain support of safety net
community care for mental and substance use disorders; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly in its wisdom and
through the appropriation of both federal and State funds has
historically supported community based care provided by
community care mental health and substance misuse treatment
providers; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly's wisdom and
prudent appropriations from the Health and Human Services

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Medicaid Trust Fund have resulted in a significant current
balance in this dedicated fund; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly in its wisdom has
directed additional deposits into the Health and Human Services
Medicaid Trust Fund for State fiscal years 2009 through 2013;
and
WHEREAS, The recent increase in the Federal Medical
Assistance Percentage, also known as FMAP, affords the State of
Illinois the ability to pay its financial obligations in a
timely fashion, helping to maintain community care provided by
mental health and substance misuse treatment community
providers; and
WHEREAS, The recently approved Federal Medical Assistance
Percentage, also known as FMAP, increase will result in
increased deposits into the Community Mental Health Medicaid
Trust Fund; and
WHEREAS, A prudent use of a combination of these existing
funds would allow the State of Illinois to maintain its current
commitments for Illinois children, mothers, families and
individuals in need of care and treatment provided by mental
health and substance misuse treatment community providers; and

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WHEREAS, A prudent use of these existing funds would allow
the State of Illinois to address the infrastructure needs of
mental health and substance misuse treatment community
providers; and
WHEREAS, The State of Illinois can rescue children,
mothers, families and individuals in need of community care by
using available funds from the increase in FMAP, the available
funds in the Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust Fund, and
the increased deposits into the Community Mental Health
Medicaid Trust Fund, which can help maintain care and treatment
and the community care infrastructure; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING HEREIN, that we do hereby encourage the Governor's
Office of Management and Budget to utilize the funds available
due to the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage,
also known as FMAP, along with funds available in the Health
and Human Services Medicaid Trust Fund and funds available in
the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund, to maintain
appropriation levels supporting current community care
provided by mental health and substance misuse treatment
community providers and increase funding to pay the State's
obligations in a timely fashion; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That we do hereby encourage the Governor's Office
of Management and Budget to utilize the funds available due to
the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, also
known as FMAP, along with funds available in the Health and
Human Services Medicaid Trust Fund and funds available in the
Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund, to ensure that all
rates are sufficient to maintain current community care
infrastructure provided by mental health and substance misuse
treatment community providers; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the
Illinois General Assembly, the Office of the Governor, and the
Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.