Bill Text: IL HR0773 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the members of America's Blood Centers on the occasion of its 50th anniversary and thanks the organization for its 50 years of service and commitment to a safe and adequate blood supply for our nation. Congratulates the members of the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers on its 10th anniversary and thank the organization for the decade of service and commitment to a safe and adequate blood supply for our State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR0773 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0773-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, America's Blood Centers (ABC) is North America's | ||||||
| 3 | largest network of community-based, independent, non-profit | ||||||
| 4 | blood centers; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, America's Blood Centers was founded in 1962 in | ||||||
| 6 | Scottsdale, Arizona by a group of independent community blood | ||||||
| 7 | centers, with the mission of helping member blood centers serve | ||||||
| 8 | their communities; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The members of America's Blood Centers provide | ||||||
| 10 | half of the U.S. blood supply and a quarter of the Canadian | ||||||
| 11 | blood supply; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The members of America's Blood Centers serve more | ||||||
| 13 | than 150 million patients by providing blood products to more | ||||||
| 14 | than 3,500 hospitals and health facilities throughout North | ||||||
| 15 | America; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, For the past 50 years, America's Blood Centers has | ||||||
| 17 | provided its members with opportunities to share its best | ||||||
| 18 | practices and collaborate to help them effectively manage the | ||||||
| 19 | organizations that help save or sustain the lives of millions | ||||||
| 20 | of patients; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In 2002, the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood | ||||||
| 2 | Centers (ICCBC), based on the model of America's Blood Centers, | ||||||
| 3 | was founded in Springfield as the first state-wide association | ||||||
| 4 | of community blood centers in the nation; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Since 2002, the Illinois Coalition of Community | ||||||
| 6 | Blood Centers has effectively served its mission of advocacy | ||||||
| 7 | and raising public awareness for the need for voluntary blood | ||||||
| 8 | donations; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, All of the members of the Illinois Coalition of | ||||||
| 10 | Community Blood Centers are active members of America's Blood | ||||||
| 11 | Centers; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we congratulate the members of America's Blood Centers on the | ||||||
| 15 | occasion of its 50th anniversary and thank the organization for | ||||||
| 16 | its 50 years of service and commitment to a safe and adequate | ||||||
| 17 | blood supply for our nation; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That we congratulate the members of the Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Coalition of Community Blood Centers on its 10th anniversary | ||||||
| 20 | and thank the organization for the decade of service and | ||||||
| 21 | commitment to a safe and adequate blood supply for our State; | ||||||
| 22 | and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to America's Blood Centers and the Illinois Coalition | ||||||
| 3 | of Community Blood Centers.
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