Bill Text: IL SR0960 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares August of 2022 as "Free and Charitable Clinic Month" in the State of Illinois in order to create community awareness of the mission and availability of free and charitable clinics across the State so that residents who are without insurance or are underinsured can receive access to vital medical care. Expresses gratitude and admiration for the important work the many free and charitable clinics, volunteer doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals do for our great citizens throughout the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0960 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0960-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Free & Charitable
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3 | Clinics improves access to quality health care for 100,000
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4 | low-income individuals who are uninsured or underinsured by
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5 | strengthening free and charitable clinics, fostering | ||||||
6 | partnerships,
educating the public, and advocating for health | ||||||
7 | policy; and
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8 | WHEREAS, According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2021, the | ||||||
9 | number of
Illinois residents with health insurance declined, | ||||||
10 | and health care for 800,000 residents in Illinois is | ||||||
11 | imminently
needed; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Free and charitable clinics have a mission to
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13 | serve the uninsured and underinsured by providing a range of
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14 | health care services, including medical, dental, | ||||||
15 | pharmaceutical,
and mental and behavioral health; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Free and charitable clinics provide community
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17 | health resources that include COVID tests and vaccines as well | ||||||
18 | as health education and services on a wide range of topics, | ||||||
19 | including diabetes hypertension, diet, exercise, home health, | ||||||
20 | and medicine administration; and
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21 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Free & Charitable
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1 | Clinics operates over 52 free and charitable clinics across
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2 | Illinois that are located in both rural and urban areas of the | ||||||
3 | State,
providing visits to approximately 40,000 patients
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4 | annually; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Doctors, nurses, and other health care | ||||||
6 | professionals have provided more than 580,000 thousand | ||||||
7 | volunteer hours of medical care, administered over 15,000 | ||||||
8 | COVID-19 vaccines, cared for over 42,000 patients in the | ||||||
9 | clinics, and reached over 60,000 in
community outreach and | ||||||
10 | engagement; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Free and charitable clinics in Illinois are truly
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12 | an invaluable resource for Illinois residents who are without
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13 | insurance or are underinsured and provide access to
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14 | life-saving medical care that would otherwise be unavailable | ||||||
15 | or
more costly; therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare August of | ||||||
18 | 2022 as "Free and Charitable Clinic Month" in the State of | ||||||
19 | Illinois in order to create community awareness of the mission | ||||||
20 | and availability of free and charitable clinics across the | ||||||
21 | State so that residents who are without insurance or are | ||||||
22 | underinsured can receive access to vital medical care; and be | ||||||
23 | it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That we express our gratitude and admiration for
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2 | the important work the many free and charitable clinics,
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3 | volunteer doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals
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4 | do for our great citizens throughout the State of Illinois; | ||||||
5 | and
be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the Illinois Association of Free & Charitable
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8 | Clinics as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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