Elimination of CMS Charges to Universities for Health Insurance Costs
Submitted by Western Illinois University

WHEREAS: the state of Illinois has charged $45 million, or 3%, of total GRF public university appropriations for employee health insurance costs for fiscal years 2002 and 2003;

WHEREAS: this charge to public universities is unprecedented in any prior years,

WHEREAS: this charge was disproportionately charged to public universities in comparison to other state agencies,

WHEREAS: Department of Central Management Services has not been forthcoming in detailing the reason as to why public universities were charged this amount and the extent to which other state agencies have been charged employee health insurance costs;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: that UPI promote efforts to cease this practice and ensure that employee health insurance costs not be charged to public universities effective FY 2004.

ELIMINATED AND COMBINED WITH "CMS State Employee Health Insurance Program Oct. 19, 2002