Bill Text: IL HR0418 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Ronald Johnson, M.D. on receiving the 2023 Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association and commends him for his compassion and dedication to his patients and for filling such a tremendous void in rural medicine for over 40 years in west central Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0418 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0418-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ronald Johnson, | ||||||
| 4 | M.D. on receiving the 2023 Rural Physician Lifetime of Service | ||||||
| 5 | Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, One of the biggest healthcare challenges across | ||||||
| 7 | our nation is the shortage of physicians who practice in rural | ||||||
| 8 | settings; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson graduated from the Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | University School of Medicine in 1977; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson completed his residency in family | ||||||
| 12 | practice at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale in 1980; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, After finishing his residency, Dr. Johnson began | ||||||
| 14 | his service at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield, where | ||||||
| 15 | he has held various leadership positions through the years, | ||||||
| 16 | including president of medical staff, chief of emergency room, | ||||||
| 17 | chief of obstetrics, and chief of respiratory therapy; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson started his own practice, Pike County | ||||||
| 19 | Family Practice, in Pittsfield in 1980; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson opened the Winchester Family Practice | ||||||
| 2 | to expand access to care across a wider geographic area in | ||||||
| 3 | 1990; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson has dedicated his time and expertise | ||||||
| 5 | for many years at the state level by serving as a member of the | ||||||
| 6 | Bureau of Medical Integrity for the Office of the Inspector | ||||||
| 7 | General and the Illinois Department of Financial and | ||||||
| 8 | Professional Regulation's Medical Disciplinary Board; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson also served at the national level on | ||||||
| 10 | the Federation of State Medical Boards Accreditation Council | ||||||
| 11 | for Continuing Medical Education as the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | Representative of State Medical Licensing Boards in | ||||||
| 13 | Washington, D.C.; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, As an employed physician of Duly Health and Care, | ||||||
| 15 | Dr. Johnson continues to serve generations of patients at | ||||||
| 16 | Quincy Medical Group; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Having volunteered his time as an associate | ||||||
| 18 | teaching physician at the SIU Family Practice in Quincy, Dr. | ||||||
| 19 | Johnson has proctored and mentored countless medical students | ||||||
| 20 | not only on family medicine but on the art of communication and | ||||||
| 21 | care for patients through empathy, respect, and the art of | ||||||
| 22 | listening; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, When not practicing medicine, Dr. Johnson and his | ||||||
| 2 | wife can be found traveling the world; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | we congratulate Ronald Johnson, M.D. on receiving the 2023 | ||||||
| 6 | Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award from the Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | Rural Health Association and commend him for his compassion | ||||||
| 8 | and dedication to his patients and for filling such a | ||||||
| 9 | tremendous void in rural medicine for over 40 years in west | ||||||
| 10 | central Illinois; and be it further
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