Bill Text: IL SR0950 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the United States Congress to renew the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SR0950 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0950-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The United States Congress has let the Children's | ||||||
3 | Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expire; this is the first time | ||||||
4 | in two decades that this was allowed to happen; and
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5 | WHEREAS, CHIP is a federal health insurance option for | ||||||
6 | working families without access to insurance; now, insurance | ||||||
7 | for more than 100,000 Illinois children remains uncertain; and
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8 | WHEREAS, CHIP provides prenatal care to over 370,000 | ||||||
9 | pregnant women across the nation; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Last year, Illinois received more than $200 | ||||||
11 | million to fund CHIP; that money will not run out until next | ||||||
12 | year; and
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13 | WHEREAS, CHIP has helped decrease the number of uninsured | ||||||
14 | children to a record low of 7%; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Children are our State's greatest asset; they must | ||||||
16 | grow up healthy to support our future economy; and
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17 | WHEREAS, A five-year renewal plan is already drafted; | ||||||
18 | Congress is expected to call it for a vote in the coming weeks; | ||||||
19 | therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the United | ||||||
3 | States Congress to renew the Children's Health Insurance | ||||||
4 | Program (CHIP) to provide stability and certainty to the | ||||||
5 | children of Illinois; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | delivered to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Majority | ||||||
8 | Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck | ||||||
9 | Schumer, U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, U.S. House of | ||||||
10 | Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and all members | ||||||
11 | of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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