Bill Text: IL HR0484 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares the month of March 2024 as Blood Clot Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-20 - Assigned to Public Health Committee [HR0484 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0484-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Blood clots can form throughout the human body, | ||||||
| 3 | can lead to illness, disability, and even death if not treated | ||||||
| 4 | early, and do not discriminate by age, gender, ethnicity, or | ||||||
| 5 | race; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, On average, blood clots cause the death of one | ||||||
| 7 | person every six minutes; according to The Surgeon General's | ||||||
| 8 | Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary | ||||||
| 9 | Embolism, 2008, they cause the deaths of approximately 100,000 | ||||||
| 10 | people every year; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, As indicated by the public education campaign | ||||||
| 12 | Stop the Clot, Spread the Word®, made possible through the | ||||||
| 13 | partnership of the National Blood Clot Alliance (NBCA) and the | ||||||
| 14 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), up to | ||||||
| 15 | 900,000 people are affected by blood clots every year; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Blood clots can be further defined as a deep vein | ||||||
| 17 | thrombosis (DVT) or a pulmonary embolism (PE), with a DVT | ||||||
| 18 | occurring if a blood clot forms in one of the large veins, | ||||||
| 19 | typically in a person's lower leg, thigh, pelvis, or arm, and | ||||||
| 20 | this type of blood clot can partly or completely block the flow | ||||||
| 21 | of blood or blood circulation in the body; if a blood clot is | ||||||
| 22 | left untreated, it can move or break off and travel to the | ||||||
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| 1 | lungs, causing a blockage known as a PE, which requires | ||||||
| 2 | immediate medical attention; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, It is important to recognize the signs and | ||||||
| 4 | symptoms of a blood clot, with a DVT often presenting as | ||||||
| 5 | swelling of the affected area, pain, tenderness, and redness | ||||||
| 6 | or discoloration of the skin; by comparison, someone | ||||||
| 7 | experiencing a PE often presents as having difficulty | ||||||
| 8 | breathing, a faster than normal or irregular heartbeat, | ||||||
| 9 | coughing up blood, and very low blood pressure, | ||||||
| 10 | lightheadedness, or fainting; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Blood clots are preventable, and the best ways to | ||||||
| 12 | prevent them include knowing your risks factors, recognizing | ||||||
| 13 | the signs and symptoms, informing a medical professional if | ||||||
| 14 | you have any risk factors, speaking with a medical | ||||||
| 15 | professional about blood clots before any surgical procedure, | ||||||
| 16 | and seeing a medical professional as soon as you possible if | ||||||
| 17 | you develop any symptoms; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, To better inform the public of the risks, signs, | ||||||
| 19 | and symptoms of blood clots, the NBCA annually promotes March | ||||||
| 20 | as Blood Clot Awareness Month; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 22 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
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| 1 | we declare the month of March 2024 as Blood Clot Awareness | ||||||
| 2 | Month in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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