CHICAGO (AP) _ More than $1 billion of the state’s overdue bills are being paid
off.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday signed legislation that pays down the bill
backlog of a number of social service providers.
The Community Care Program will receive $142 million. The governor’s office
says another $235 million will go to care for people with developmental
disabilities. Group health insurance will receive $350 million and $500 million
will go to Medicaid bills.
The bill includes $42 million to make payroll at the Department of Corrections
and $6 billion for the state’s pension contributions.
The legislation is one of several budget bills that will cross the governor’s
desk. The legislature last week passed a $35.4 billion budget for the next
fiscal year, which starts in July.
