Bill Text: IL HR1055 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Maichle "Mike" Bacon on his retirement as Public Health Administrator of the Winnebago County Health Department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-06 - Resolution Adopted [HR1055 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR1055-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate J. Maichle "Mike" Bacon on
his retirement as Public Health Administrator of the Winnebago
County Health Department; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon has dedicated his exceptional 43-year
professional career to the integration of personal health care
and community-based preventive health services for health
improvement, planning, and effective management of preventive
health programs; this includes chronic, infectious and
cardiovascular disease prevention, health promotion,
environmental health, epidemiology, and the interrelatedness
and the application of physical and health sciences in
prevention and population-based health services; and
WHEREAS, Since the beginning of his career in 1971, Mr.
Bacon has passionately made strides in improving the local
public health system-particularly in the areas of
environmental health, maternal-child health, infectious
disease prevention and control, emergency preparedness,
management and budgeting; and
WHEREAS, Bold actions were taken by Mr. Bacon in
establishing progressive approaches deemed by State and

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federal authorities as models for others, e.g., a community
health needs assessment and a comprehensive, community-wide
approach to controlling tobacco use by minors; and
WHEREAS, Many of the innovative, successful programs
developed by Mr. Bacon and the Winnebago County Health
Department earned recognition and prestigious awards,
including the Samuel J. Crumbine Award for the best local food
protection program in the country, the Centers for Disease
Control Outstanding Achievement Award for the breast cancer
education and screening initiative, the Illinois Department of
Public Health (IDPH) Excellence in Community Leadership Award
for the black male health program to target health inequities
and the IDPH Statewide Excellence in Pediatric Care Community
Service Award for providing the clinical care component of a
local refugee program; and
WHEREAS, In efforts to address some of the community's most
significant health problems, Mr. Bacon and the Winnebago County
Health Department worked with local partners to develop new
grant-supported initiatives focusing on areas such as
maternal-child health, chronic disease prevention,
school-linked health, public safety, and lead poisoning hazard
remediation; and
WHEREAS, In over 30 presentations at State and national

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professional conferences and more than a dozen publications,
Mr. Bacon shared relevant lessons learned and important
research findings; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon has gracefully made countless
contributions to the modern public health system through his
dedicated involvement in local, regional, State and national
professional and membership organizations and academic
institutions; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon served as President of the Illinois
Public Health Association and was the impetus for a number of
important and successful initiatives including the realignment
of maternal and child health services at IDPH, the development
of a white paper and policy resolution that would implement a
local health protection and health promotion block grant, the
development of key policy recommendations to prevent acts of
violence related to firearms, and the overall strengthening of
IPHA's policy and advocacy efforts to promote and protect the
public's health; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon was one of the founding board members of
the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium, which is one of
the many organizations profoundly grateful for the vision and
impact he has made in advocacy efforts promoting core public
health; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate and honor J. Maichle "Mike" Bacon for being an
outstanding public health professional; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Maichle Bacon as a symbol of our respect and
esteem.