Illinois Gov. Rauner releases Budget Cuts if no Budget by July 1st, - Budget Fight Places Disabled, Seniors, Veterans Services at Risk
PRESS RELEASE | June 12, 2015
State of Illinois
Office of the Governor
Steps to Save Additional $420 Million
Cancel Funding for Legislative Earmarks Freeze Non-Transportation Capital Projects |
- Notify all State of Illinois vendors to prepare for the potential of a longer delay in receiving payments for goods and services provided to the State.
- Suspend capital projects, including construction at state facilities, schools and colleges.
- Suspend all capital grants for legislators’ earmarks and non-bonded or “pay as you go” capital projects.
- This freeze does not include road and other Department of Transportation projects.
- Significantly reduce use of outside legal counsel by eliminating and/or reducing legal contracts.
- Reinstate timely determinations of Medicaid eligibility.
- Roll back rates for ambulance services and renal care services to SMART-Act levels.
- Reduce managed care capitation rates.
- Discontinue special Medicaid payments to some hospitals.
- Increase eligibility threshold (Determination of Need Score) to a level more consistent with national eligibility levels.
- Achieve cost savings using new procurement strategy for purchasing durable medical equipment.
- Suspend operations at the World Shooting Recreational Complex (WSRC) near Sparta. The site will become closed to the public and not available for events.
- All events scheduled through August 2015, including the Grand American, will not be impacted by this action.
- Suspend funding to county fairs for premiums and fairground rehabilitation projects.
- Suspend funding for agricultural extension and 4-H clubs for premiums at agricultural shows.
- Suspend funding for premiums for Agricultural Education Fairs.
- Suspend funding for the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.
- Suspend funding to the Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
- Suspend funding to Choose Chicago for tourism promotion.
- Suspend FY16 initiative to purchase new forensic equipment.
- Suspend funding for the Chicago Fire Department training program.
- Suspend reimbursements for fire department training to other local governments.
- Suspend funding for small fire-fighting and ambulance equipment grants.
- Suspend the following legislative earmarks:
- YouthBuild grants;
- Bullying Prevention grants;
- Franklin County Methamphetamine Pilot Program; and
- South Suburban Major Crimes Taskforce.
- Suspend statewide funding for Operation CeaseFire.
- Suspend funding for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention grants.
- Suspend funding for Community Services for juvenile delinquency program serving youth and young adults administered by the Chicago Area Project.
- Suspend funding for Immigrant Integration Services. Access to the Department’s programs will continue through local offices.
- Suspend funding for Welcoming Centers. Access to the Department’s programs will continue through local offices.
- Suspend funding for the Youth Employment legislative earmark.
- Suspend funding for Brothers and Sisters United Against HIV.
- Suspend funding to the Tobacco Quitline.
- Reduce funding for state-funded job training programs and suspend funding to legislative earmarks for job training. This does not impact the Department’s federal job training funds.
- Suspend funding for all coal programs at the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, including discontinuing subsidies to coal companies.
- Suspend funding for the Renewable Energy Program. This does not impact the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards program.
- Suspend funding for the Energy Efficiency Program.
- Reduce funding for Amtrak.
- Suspend state add-on payment to PACE.
- Suspend state subsidy for Regional Transportation Authority Reduced Fares grant.
- Reduce funding for the following housing programs administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority:
- Multifamily Finance Program;
- Reduce Homebuyer Acquisition Rehabilitation Program; and
- Reduce Homeowner Emergency Repair Program.
- Delay opening of Chicago Veterans’ Home.
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