<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>urging support for and reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota regards the health of our children <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>and their parents as of paramount importance to families in our state; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota regards poor child and parental <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>health as a threat to the educational achievement and social and psychological well-being of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>families of our state; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota considers protecting the health of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>our children and their parents to be essential to the well-being of our families and the quality of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>life in our state; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota considers the State Children��������s Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Insurance Program, which as of July 2006 covered over 23,000 uninsured Minnesota children, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>parents, and pregnant women, to be an integral part of the arrangements for health benefits for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>families of the state of Minnesota; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota recognizes the value of the State <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>Children��������s Health Insurance Program in preserving wellness, preventing and treating disease, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>improving health outcomes, and reducing overall health costs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota considers the federal funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>available for the State Children��������s Health Insurance Program to be indispensable for providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>health benefits for families of modest means; NOW, THEREFORE,  <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges Congress to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>timely reauthorize the State Children��������s Health Insurance Program to ensure continued State <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>Children��������s Health Insurance Program funding for the state.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges the governor to use his best <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>efforts to work with the Minnesota delegation to ensure that the State Children��������s Health Insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Program is reauthorized in a timely manner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature proclaims that all components of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>government should work together with educators, health care providers, and social workers to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>ensure that all available public and private assistance for providing health benefits to uninsured <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>families in this state be used to the maximum extent possible.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges the governor to use his best <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>efforts to provide meaningful assistance to help identify and enroll children and parents who <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>qualify for medical assistance or the MinnesotaCare program and are eligible for State Children��������s <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>Health Insurance Program funding.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the  State of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>directed to prepare copies of this  memorial and transmit them to the President of  the United States, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>the President and the Secretary of the  United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United  <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and  Representatives in Congress.<br />
         		
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