Bill Text: IL HR0600 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the owners and employees of the Air Methods Corporation on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the organization's LIFESTAR Chicago program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR0600 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0600-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the owners and employees | ||||||
| 4 | of the Air Methods Corporation on the occasion of the 25th | ||||||
| 5 | anniversary of the organization's LIFESTAR Chicago program; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, LIFESTAR Chicago is a critical care transport | ||||||
| 8 | service owned and operated by the Air Methods Corporation; the | ||||||
| 9 | service consists of a 24-hour, 7 day a week air medical service | ||||||
| 10 | established to facilitate the rapid transport of critically ill | ||||||
| 11 | or injured patients; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The history of LIFESTAR Chicago began in 1988, | ||||||
| 13 | when a vendor contract was created to provide aircraft, pilots, | ||||||
| 14 | and mechanics to Loyola University Medical Center; the program | ||||||
| 15 | operated as a "Traditional Based" program, flying patients | ||||||
| 16 | primarily back to Loyola University Medical Center; in 2003, | ||||||
| 17 | the Air Methods Corporation of Peoria, Colorado took over as | ||||||
| 18 | the vendor for Loyola University Medical Center; in 2007, the | ||||||
| 19 | Loyola University Medical Center sold the LIFESTAR program to | ||||||
| 20 | the Air Methods Corporation, which changed the program from a | ||||||
| 21 | "Traditional Based" program to a "Community Based" program | ||||||
| 22 | which flies patients from any hospital to any hospital; that | ||||||
| 23 | same year, the LIFESTAR Chicago program was relocated to the | ||||||
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| 1 | Joliet area; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, For the last 25 years, LIFESTAR Chicago has | ||||||
| 3 | faithfully fulfilled its mission of providing safe and | ||||||
| 4 | professional air medical transportation services with the | ||||||
| 5 | highest level of quality and integrity in a community-based | ||||||
| 6 | setting; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | we congratulate the owners and employees of the Air Methods | ||||||
| 10 | Corporation on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the | ||||||
| 11 | organization's LIFESTAR Chicago program and wish them | ||||||
| 12 | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the Air Methods Corporation as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 16 | esteem and respect.
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