Bill Text: IL HR0590 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the month of November as "Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0590 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0590-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, More than 35 million people are living with | ||||||
| 3 | Alzheimer's and other dementia related diseases worldwide, | ||||||
| 4 | with 5.4 million in the United States and 210,000 in the State | ||||||
| 5 | of Illinois; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Someone develops Alzheimer's disease every 69 | ||||||
| 7 | seconds; it is now the sixth leading cause of death in the | ||||||
| 8 | United States; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, By 2050 16 million Americans will have Alzheimer's | ||||||
| 10 | and someone will have developed the disease every 33 seconds, | ||||||
| 11 | unless something is done to combat Alzheimer's; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Currently, 14.9 million family members and | ||||||
| 13 | friends provide 17 billion hours of unpaid care to those with | ||||||
| 14 | Alzheimer's and other dementia related illnesses, care that is | ||||||
| 15 | valued at $202.6 billion; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Costs to Medicaid are 9 times higher for a person | ||||||
| 17 | with Alzheimer's than for a person without Alzheimer's in the | ||||||
| 18 | same age group; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Alzheimer Legislators Alliance, a | ||||||
| 20 | bipartisan alliance of State policy makers, is helping to make | ||||||
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| 1 | this devastating disease a top priority in daily policy making; | ||||||
| 2 | and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Alzheimer Legislators Alliance, | ||||||
| 4 | working closely with the Alzheimer's Association and others, | ||||||
| 5 | are raising awareness as to the impact Alzheimer's disease and | ||||||
| 6 | related dementias have on Illinois individuals and families, | ||||||
| 7 | communities, and the public health system; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 9 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we designate the month of November as Alzheimer's Disease | ||||||
| 11 | Awareness Month in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That citizens of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | acknowledge the increased need for State involvement in raising | ||||||
| 14 | awareness for Alzheimer's disease support, funding, and | ||||||
| 15 | research as the disease impacts individuals and families across | ||||||
| 16 | the State.
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