Bill Text: IL HJR0054 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the Department of Human Services to maintain staffing levels and provision of resources necessary to maintain all necessary certifications to ensure that residents of the Murray Center continue to receive the high quality of care which has been provided at the facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HJR0054 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HJR0054-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Warren G. Murray Developmental Center,
"Murray Center", was built in 1964 to meet the needs of
Illinois residents with developmental disabilities; and
WHEREAS, Part of the mission of the Murray Center has been
to provide not only medical care for residents but also
programs and activities to promote the general welfare of the
residents; and
WHEREAS, The Murray Center has received certifications
under State and federal law which allow the care provided at
the facility to earn federal matching funds under the Medicaid
program; and
WHEREAS, Due to the federal Medicaid certification, the
State of Illinois receives federal matching funds for roughly
50% of the Murray Center's operational costs; and
WHEREAS, The operational budget for the Murray Center has
been close to $40 million annually in recent fiscal years,
providing federal reimbursements of roughly $20 million
annually; and
WHEREAS, Concerns have been raised that the proposal to

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close the Murray Center and the pending action on the closure
in front of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review
Board could adversely impact the Medicaid certification of the
Murray Center thereby endangering the collection of federal
reimbursements; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Illinois Department
of Human Services to take all appropriate actions to ensure
that the Murray Center maintains its federal Medicaid
certification to ensure that federal matching funds will be
earned for care provided at the facility; and be it further
RESOLVED, We urge the Department of Human Services to
maintain staffing levels and the provision of resources
necessary to maintain all necessary certifications to ensure
that residents of the Murray Center continue to receive the
high quality of care which has been provided at the facility;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the Department of Human Services.