Bill Text: IL HR1187 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the President and Congress to pass H. 3272, the Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR1187 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1187-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Proper dental care is a vital health concern that | ||||||
| 3 | is overlooked by or unavailable to many Americans; a lack of | ||||||
| 4 | routine oral health care can lead to serious consequences, | ||||||
| 5 | including severe tooth decay, gum disease, and potentially | ||||||
| 6 | deadly infections; unchecked dental problems can also increase | ||||||
| 7 | the risk of serious and chronic health conditions, such as | ||||||
| 8 | diabetes and heart disease; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In June of 2012, United States Senator Bernie | ||||||
| 10 | Sanders (VT) introduced the Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of | ||||||
| 11 | 2012 into the Senate; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012 seeks | ||||||
| 13 | to end the oral health crisis in America by expanding coverage, | ||||||
| 14 | creating new access points, enhancing the workforce, improving | ||||||
| 15 | education, and funding new research; the Act would extend | ||||||
| 16 | comprehensive dental health insurance to millions of Americans | ||||||
| 17 | who do not have coverage today, while increasing both the | ||||||
| 18 | number of places that would accept such coverage and the number | ||||||
| 19 | of qualified oral health care professionals in communities with | ||||||
| 20 | the greatest need for them; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, The Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012 would | ||||||
| 22 | also address the need to educate current and future oral health | ||||||
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| 1 | care providers to better serve vulnerable populations and to | ||||||
| 2 | integrate oral health care into overall health care, as well as | ||||||
| 3 | authorize greater amounts of funding for research on prevention | ||||||
| 4 | and disease management techniques to improve oral health care | ||||||
| 5 | delivery and the oral health status of the nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The passage of the Comprehensive Dental Reform Act | ||||||
| 7 | of 2012 would be a step in the proper direction of ensuring | ||||||
| 8 | that all Americans can receive the quality, consistent health | ||||||
| 9 | care that they deserve; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 11 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we urge the President and Congress to pass H. 3272, the | ||||||
| 13 | Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | delivered to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United | ||||||
| 16 | States House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority | ||||||
| 17 | Leaders of the United States Senate, and the President of the | ||||||
| 18 | United States.
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