Full Text of HR0765 93rd General Assembly
HR0765 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to honor the Senn High School | 4 |
| Health Center on the occasion of its open house that occurred | 5 |
| on Monday, March 22, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, The clinic was started by Louis A. Weiss Memorial | 7 |
| Hospital, who ran the clinic prior to Heartland Health Outreach | 8 |
| (HHO); the program became a part of HHO in the spring of 2002 | 9 |
| when Weiss Hospital became a for-profit hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, The goal of Senn Health Center is to improve the | 11 |
| physical and emotional health of Senn students and teach them | 12 |
| life-long, positive health behaviors; the Center provides | 13 |
| primary health care services for approximately 1,800 Senn High | 14 |
| School students, including health assessment, physical exams, | 15 |
| diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury, health | 16 |
| education, prevention services, and laboratory services; | 17 |
| students benefit from the partnership with HHO by having access | 18 |
| to additional comprehensive primary medical care, including | 19 |
| radiology, pharmacy, diagnostic, and dental care offered at a | 20 |
| sliding scale fee; and
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| WHEREAS, The Center is located at 5900 N. Glenwood, in | 22 |
| Edgewater and operates out of a newly renovated space within | 23 |
| the school; the funding for the newly renovated space was | 24 |
| provided by the Chicago Board of Education; the space includes | 25 |
| three exam rooms, a handicap accessible bathroom, a laboratory, | 26 |
| storage room, and access to a large meeting room; and
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| WHEREAS, The program is collaborative in nature; | 28 |
| Alternatives, Inc., a youth services agency in Uptown, provides | 29 |
| mental health services 20 hours per week; other partners | 30 |
| include Senn High School, The Chicago Board of Education, Polk | 31 |
| Bros. (primary funder of the clinic), Grant Healthcare |
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| (2002-2003 funder), and the Lurie Foundation (funded the | 2 |
| program in 2002); and
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| WHEREAS, Senn High School has a very diverse student | 4 |
| population; 44% of the students were born outside the United | 5 |
| States and hail from 60 different countries; 61% of the student | 6 |
| body speaks a language other than English in their homes; 24.4% | 7 |
| of the students have limited English language proficiency; | 8 |
| through HHO, Senn students have access to interpretive services | 9 |
| in 40 languages; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, The Senn Health Center strives to improve the | 11 |
| physical, emotional, and mental health of Senn students by | 12 |
| promoting healthy lifestyles and providing accessible | 13 |
| preventative and curative health services; it works to reduce | 14 |
| absenteeism from school due to illness and to decrease the rate | 15 |
| of truancy and school drop outs due to emotional and mental | 16 |
| health challenges; therefore, be it | 17 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| honor the Senn Health Center for the invaluable health care | 20 |
| services it provides to the students of Senn High School; and | 21 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 |
| presented to Senn Health Center as an expression of our esteem.
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