HR0870 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, After 26 years of service, Honey Jacobs Skinner is retiring from her position as a Strategic Advisor and Consultant to the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Lurie Children's), formerly known as Children's Memorial Hospital; and

WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has served with remarkable effectiveness, great distinction, and honor in the field of healthcare, government relations, and legal services; and

WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has been an indispensable and indefatigable advocate for Lurie Children's and for the health and well-being of children; and

WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has fought tirelessly to protect access to care for all children, including those who lack resources, those insured by Medicaid, those that are immigrants, and children with medical complexity; and

WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has staunchly advocated in support of the teaching, research, clinical, and advocacy pillars of Lurie Children's; and

WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has had a direct and positive impact on the health and well-being of Illinois children by virtue of her advocacy efforts on behalf of Lurie Children's to prevent HIV/AIDS, obesity, injury, violence, and access to tobacco, to promote immunizations, access to mental health services, access to early intervention, and appropriate use of antibiotics to prevent antibiotic resistance, and to improve the lives of children affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, her family, and her friends, thank and honor Honey Jacobs Skinner for her tireless and successful advocacy on behalf of the public interest and on behalf of Lurie Children's and extend our heartiest congratulations to her on the occasion of her retirement; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Honey Jacobs Skinner and the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago as a symbol of our gratitude and greatest hopes on her future endeavors.