Bill Text: IL SR0975 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the RUSH University System for Health and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on their collaboration in establishing the RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center in Chicago to enhance access to the most advanced cancer treatments and to seek to address the persistent inequities in cancer care in Illinois and across the nation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0975 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0975-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
3 | congratulate the RUSH University System for Health and the | ||||||
4 | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on the occasion | ||||||
5 | of their collaboration to create the RUSH MD Anderson Cancer | ||||||
6 | Center in Chicago; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society projects that in the | ||||||
8 | coming year, almost 5,500 people will be diagnosed with cancer | ||||||
9 | every day, the first time new cases of cancer in the United | ||||||
10 | States are expected to cross the 2-million mark; and
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11 | WHEREAS, More than 1,600 people will likely die from | ||||||
12 | cancer in the U.S. each day; and
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13 | WHEREAS, More than 70,000 Illinois residents will likely | ||||||
14 | be among those diagnosed with cancer in the next year; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Unacceptable racial inequities exist in cancer | ||||||
16 | mortality and must be addressed; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society also projects that | ||||||
18 | the number of cancer survivors in the United States is | ||||||
19 | projected to increase to 22.5 million by 2032, representing | ||||||
20 | 5.4% of the population; and
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1 | WHEREAS, One of the leading reasons that more people are | ||||||
2 | surviving cancer is years of public and private investment in | ||||||
3 | developing cutting edge cancer fighting drugs, therapies, and | ||||||
4 | techniques; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer | ||||||
6 | Center, which focuses exclusively on cancer and has been named | ||||||
7 | one of the top two hospitals in cancer care every year since | ||||||
8 | U.S. News & World Report began its annual rankings list | ||||||
9 | "America's Best Hospitals" in 1990, plays a vital role in | ||||||
10 | developing and delivering these new therapies and techniques; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, The RUSH University System for Health | ||||||
13 | consistently ranks among the top performers nationally in | ||||||
14 | every major hospital rating system, including its very highly | ||||||
15 | ranked cancer program; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The RUSH University System for Health is a | ||||||
17 | national leader in establishing health equity as a system | ||||||
18 | priority, ensuring accessibility to advanced treatments and | ||||||
19 | therapies for cancer that leaves no one behind; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The RUSH University System for Health's high | ||||||
21 | national rankings are driven by constantly improving patient |
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1 | care, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | ||||||
2 | has a highly selective national partnership program; and
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3 | WHEREAS, On April 26, 2024, the RUSH University System for | ||||||
4 | Health and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | ||||||
5 | announced the creation of the RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center | ||||||
6 | to provide Illinois residents with greater access to cancer | ||||||
7 | treatments and research considered among the best in the | ||||||
8 | world; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the | ||||||
11 | RUSH University System for Health and the University of Texas | ||||||
12 | MD Anderson Cancer Center on their collaboration in | ||||||
13 | establishing the RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center in Chicago to | ||||||
14 | enhance access to the most advanced cancer treatments and to | ||||||
15 | seek to address the persistent inequities in cancer care in | ||||||
16 | Illinois and across the nation; and be it further
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