Bill Text: IL HJR0017 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Urges the members of the Illinois delegation to the United States Congress to increase fiscal year 2009 funding for Alzheimer research at the National Institutes of Health.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-28 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0017 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HJR0017-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 17
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | recognizes that Alzheimer's disease is the 21st century's | ||||||
| 4 | health epidemic; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | recognizes that 10 million baby boomers in the United States | ||||||
| 7 | will develop Alzheimer's disease; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | recognizes that one in 8 baby boomers in America will develop | ||||||
| 10 | Alzheimer's; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | recognizes that Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause | ||||||
| 13 | of death in the United States; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, As a result of federally funded Alzheimer | ||||||
| 15 | research, treatments to delay, halt, or reverse the progression | ||||||
| 16 | of Alzheimer's disease are within reach; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, New Alzheimer treatments would save millions of | ||||||
| 18 | baby boomers from Alzheimer's disease and yield $60 billion in | ||||||
| 19 | annual Medicare and Medicaid savings within 5 years after a | ||||||
| 20 | breakthrough; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Federal funding to pursue Alzheimer research has | ||||||
| 2 | remained level for the past 4 years; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 4 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 5 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the members of the | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois delegation to the United States Congress to increase | ||||||
| 7 | fiscal year 2010 funding for Alzheimer research at the National | ||||||
| 8 | Institutes of Health by $125 million to find treatments to | ||||||
| 9 | delay or reverse the progression of Alzheimer's disease; and be | ||||||
| 10 | it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent | ||||||
| 12 | to each member of the Illinois Congressional delegation.
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