Bill Text: IL HR0078 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares June 4, 2023 as Cancer Survivors Day in the State of Illinois in order to recognize and celebrate the valuable, dynamic population of cancer survivors in Illinois.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-18 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass [HR0078 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0078-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, A cancer survivor is defined as anyone living | ||||||
| 3 | with a history of cancer, from the moment of diagnosis through | ||||||
| 4 | the remainder of life, and there are more than 18 million | ||||||
| 5 | cancer survivors in the United States; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, National Cancer Survivors Day is an annual, | ||||||
| 7 | treasured celebration of life that is held across the United | ||||||
| 8 | States on the first Sunday in June; on this day, people come | ||||||
| 9 | together to commemorate cancer survivors; the day further | ||||||
| 10 | serves to remind us all that cancer is a disease without | ||||||
| 11 | boundaries, crossing the lines of color, race, creed, sex, and | ||||||
| 12 | age, which affects not only the lives of those inflicted with | ||||||
| 13 | the disease but their loved ones as well; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, On National Cancer Survivors Day, thousands | ||||||
| 15 | gather to honor cancer survivors and to show the world that | ||||||
| 16 | life after a cancer diagnosis can be fruitful, rewarding, and | ||||||
| 17 | inspiring; this day also provides an opportunity to draw | ||||||
| 18 | attention to the ongoing challenges of cancer survivorship and | ||||||
| 19 | promote the need for more resources, research, and | ||||||
| 20 | survivor-friendly legislation to improve cancer survivors' | ||||||
| 21 | quality of life; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, National Cancer Survivors Day further allows | ||||||
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| 1 | cancer survivors the opportunity to recognize the people who | ||||||
| 2 | have helped them through their journey in addressing and | ||||||
| 3 | fighting cancer, including family members, friends, and | ||||||
| 4 | medical professionals; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Due to advances in cancer prevention, early | ||||||
| 6 | detection, treatment, and follow-up care, more people than | ||||||
| 7 | ever before are surviving the disease; in the United States | ||||||
| 8 | alone, more than 18 million people are alive today after being | ||||||
| 9 | diagnosed with cancer, and the number of cancer survivors is | ||||||
| 10 | projected to increase to over 22 million by 2030; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Nonetheless, surviving cancer can leave a host of | ||||||
| 12 | problems in its wake, including physical, emotional, and | ||||||
| 13 | financial hardships that often persist for years after | ||||||
| 14 | diagnosis and treatment; cancer survivors are also at a | ||||||
| 15 | greater risk for developing second cancers and other health | ||||||
| 16 | conditions; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Cancer survivors may face numerous challenges | ||||||
| 18 | during and after treatment, including limited access to cancer | ||||||
| 19 | specialists and promising new treatments, difficulty accessing | ||||||
| 20 | health insurance and life insurance coverage, difficulty | ||||||
| 21 | finding jobs, and economic burdens due to mounting medical | ||||||
| 22 | expenses, lost wages, and lost productivity; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In addition to these challenges, cancer survivors | ||||||
| 2 | may face emotional struggles, strains on personal | ||||||
| 3 | relationships, and profound fear of cancer recurrence; the | ||||||
| 4 | effects of cancer do not simply end when treatment does; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, A continued focus on providing resources, | ||||||
| 6 | performing research, and adopting survivor-friendly | ||||||
| 7 | legislation is needed to improve the quality of life for | ||||||
| 8 | cancer survivors, both during and after treatment; therefore, | ||||||
| 9 | be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we declare June 4, 2023 as Cancer Survivors Day in the State of | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois in order to recognize and celebrate the valuable, | ||||||
| 14 | dynamic population of cancer survivors in Illinois.
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