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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois offers health insurance 
3coverage to members of certain boards and commissions; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, These board and commission members are not 
5considered full-time State employees; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has an unprecedented 
7structural budget deficit and over $6 billion is unpaid bills 
8in Fiscal Year 2011; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois provides premium-free 
10healthcare to some members of boards and commissions who worked 
11for the State for over 20 years; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, The Commission on Government Forecasting and 
13Accountability estimates the Fiscal Year 2012 liability for the 
14State Employee Group Health Insurance Plan is $2.46 billion; 
15and
 
16    WHEREAS, The cost of providing health insurance to State 
17employees has escalated annually over the last decade; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, According to the Department of Central Management 
19Services, the cost of providing healthcare to a participant is 
 
 
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1$6,721 annually, an increase of 79.9% since Fiscal Year 2003; 
2therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
4NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
5we  urge the Department of Central Management Services to 
6compile a list of members of State boards and commissions who 
7receive healthcare benefits through the State Employees Group 
8Insurance Plan; and be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That the we urge the Department of Central 
10Management Services to report its findings to the Governor and 
11General Assembly within 30 days after the adoption of this 
12resolution; and be it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That that a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14delivered to the Director of Central Management Services.