Bill Text: IL HR0032 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares May 19, 2021 as "Hepatitis C Screening Day".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0032 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0032-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The month of May is nationally recognized as | ||||||
3 | Hepatitis Awareness Month thanks
to the Know More Hepatitis | ||||||
4 | campaign initiative developed by the U.S. Centers for
Disease | ||||||
5 | Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Viral Hepatitis; | ||||||
6 | the campaign was designed to increase awareness
about the | ||||||
7 | hidden epidemic that affects the lives of so many; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Anyone can contract Hepatitis C, and baby boomers | ||||||
9 | are five times more susceptible to the
virus; Hepatitis C is | ||||||
10 | particularly dangerous because the symptoms do not manifest | ||||||
11 | upon
contraction or, in some cases, in more advanced stages; | ||||||
12 | this unfortunately leads to
individuals being unaware of their | ||||||
13 | infection; and
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14 | WHEREAS, According to the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
15 | Health, there
were 80,068 cases of chronic or resolved | ||||||
16 | Hepatitis C virus infections reported from 2005 to 2015, with | ||||||
17 | 171 other
cases reported to be acute forms of the infection; of | ||||||
18 | those infected in Illinois, over half
were between the ages of | ||||||
19 | 46 and 60; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Various private and public organizations, such as | ||||||
21 | the American Liver Foundation,
the Illinois State Medical | ||||||
22 | Society, the Chicago Department of Public Health, the Illinois
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1 | Department of Public Health, and the CDC, have championed | ||||||
2 | efforts to raise awareness and to
find solutions to the | ||||||
3 | problems resulting from the Hepatitis C virus in Illinois and | ||||||
4 | across the
country; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
6 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | we declare May 19, 2021 as "Hepatitis C Screening Day" in the | ||||||
8 | State of Illinois; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | delivered to the Governor, all
Illinois constitutional | ||||||
11 | officers, and all members of the Illinois General Assembly in | ||||||
12 | order to bring
further awareness of the prevalence of the | ||||||
13 | Hepatitis C virus in our State and around the country.
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