Bill Text: IL HR0370 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urges the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop a basic protocol which will provide direction on how best to make available such medications to veterans suffering from PTSD and other forms of severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, schizophrenia disorder, and bipolar disorders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-31 - Resolution Adopted as Amended [HR0370 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0370-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION 370
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the Illinois House | ||||||
| 3 | of Representatives that, on average, 22 veterans commit suicide | ||||||
| 4 | every day; this constitutes a very serious problem in every | ||||||
| 5 | state, including Illinois; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Those individuals have fought in recent conflicts | ||||||
| 7 | under very demanding and dangerous circumstances; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, For many veterans, their re-entry into a stable | ||||||
| 9 | and productive civilian life has caused unexpected mental and | ||||||
| 10 | emotional problems, resulting in Post-Traumatic Stress | ||||||
| 11 | Disorder (PTSD) and other severe mental illnesses; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Medications are now available to mitigate the | ||||||
| 13 | severity of those mental illnesses; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has an obligation to provide | ||||||
| 15 | its veterans the opportunity to acquire such medications; | ||||||
| 16 | therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 18 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 19 | we urge the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to | ||||||
| 20 | develop a basic protocol which will provide direction on how | ||||||
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| 1 | best to make available such medications to veterans suffering | ||||||
| 2 | from PTSD and other forms of severe mental illness, such as | ||||||
| 3 | schizophrenia, schizophrenia disorder, and bipolar disorders; | ||||||
| 4 | and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That the chair and the minority spokesman of the | ||||||
| 6 | House Veterans' Affairs Committee shall monitor the | ||||||
| 7 | preparations of such protocol and periodically make reports to | ||||||
| 8 | the House of Representatives, the Office of the Governor, the | ||||||
| 9 | director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, | ||||||
| 10 | and the director of the Department of Veterans' Affairs not | ||||||
| 11 | later than March 1, 2014.
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