Bill Text: IL SR0015 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares the week of January 22 through January 28, 2023 as CRNA Week in the State of Illinois. Recognizes the importance of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (SRNAs) and their roles in providing high-quality care for the people of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-20 - Referred to Assignments [SR0015 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0015-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) | ||||||
| 3 | are advanced practice registered nurses who are among the most | ||||||
| 4 | trusted health care professionals, having provided | ||||||
| 5 | high-quality anesthesia care to patients in the United States | ||||||
| 6 | for more than 150 years; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, There are more than 1,900 CRNAs in Illinois that | ||||||
| 8 | safely administer approximately 1.9 million anesthetics to | ||||||
| 9 | patients each year; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, CRNAs are the predominant providers of anesthesia | ||||||
| 11 | in 79% of Illinois counties, primarily in rural communities, | ||||||
| 12 | and are the only providers of anesthesia in 29% of Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | counties, enabling health care facilities in these medically | ||||||
| 14 | underserved areas to offer obstetrical, surgical, trauma | ||||||
| 15 | stabilization, and pain management services; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, CRNAs practice in every setting in which | ||||||
| 17 | anesthesia is delivered, including traditional hospital | ||||||
| 18 | surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms, ambulatory | ||||||
| 19 | surgical centers, the offices of dentists, podiatrists, | ||||||
| 20 | ophthalmologists, and plastic surgeons, and the medical | ||||||
| 21 | facilities of the U.S. military, the U.S. Public Health | ||||||
| 22 | Service, and the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, During the COVID-19 pandemic, CRNAs were | ||||||
| 2 | instrumental in helping emergency rooms and ICU centers treat | ||||||
| 3 | patients, utilizing their expertise in airway management, | ||||||
| 4 | intubation, and ventilator management to care for patients; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Research conducted by the Research Triangle | ||||||
| 7 | Institute shows that is no difference in safety or patient | ||||||
| 8 | outcomes between CRNAs and physician anesthesiologists; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, CRNAs are qualified to make independent judgments | ||||||
| 10 | regarding all aspects of anesthesia care based on their | ||||||
| 11 | education, training, and record of safety; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, CRNAs are trusted anesthesia experts on the front | ||||||
| 13 | line, delivering specialized, cost-effective care to all | ||||||
| 14 | patients, from newborns to seniors, for every type of | ||||||
| 15 | procedure and in all types of facilities; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare the week of | ||||||
| 18 | January 22 through January 28, 2023 as CRNA Week in the State | ||||||
| 19 | of Illinois; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That we recognize the importance of Certified | ||||||
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| 1 | Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and Student Registered | ||||||
| 2 | Nurse Anesthetists (SRNAs) and their roles in providing | ||||||
| 3 | high-quality care for the people of Illinois; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That we express our gratitude and appreciation | ||||||
| 6 | for the CRNA profession and encourage patients, hospital | ||||||
| 7 | administrators, health care professionals, policymakers, and | ||||||
| 8 | others to participate in National CRNA Week to become more | ||||||
| 9 | familiar with the CRNA credential and the exceptional advanced | ||||||
| 10 | practice registered nurses who have earned it; and be it | ||||||
| 11 | further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthesiology | ||||||
| 14 | as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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