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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to recognize State Representative
4 Carolyn Krause for her services and hard work on behalf of the
5 people of the State of Illinois; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Representative Krause was first elected in 1992 to
7 serve the people of the 56th District; after the 2001 remap of
8 the State, she began representing the 66th District, which
9 includes portions of Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Elk Grove
10 Village, Mount Prospect, Rolling Meadows, and Schaumburg; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Representative Krause served as the Mayor of Mount
12 Prospect from 1977 to 1989; she was a member of the Illinois
13 Criminal Justice Authority from 1985 until 1987 and was
14 appointed by Governor James Thompson to the Local Government
15 Finance Study Commission in 1980; and
 
16     WHEREAS, She has received numerous awards during her years
17 of service, including legislator of the year awards from the
18 Illinois Health Care Association, the Illinois Psychological
19 Association, the Illinois Home Care Council, the American Heart
20 Association of Greater Chicago, the Illinois College of
21 Emergency Physicians, the Illinois Maternal & Child Health
22 Coalition, the Northwest Municipal Conference, the Girl Scouts -

 

 

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1 Illinois Crossroads Council, and the Kenneth Young
2 Association, among many others; she served as co-convenor of
3 the Conference of Women Legislators from 2002 to 2003; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Perhaps her greatest achievement has been the
5 creation of KidsCare in 1998, as part of the Children's Health
6 Insurance Program; she is also proud of her work to pass
7 legislation ensuring unrestricted emergency room care to
8 patients without a rigorous authorization process from
9 insurance companies; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She has also sponsored legislation improving
11 quality long-term care options for Illinois seniors, worked on
12 the Patient's Bill of Rights to ensure access to quality
13 medical care and the right to privacy, and the development of
14 legislation to move forward on energy efficiency, conservation
15 efforts, and local government protections, among many others;
16 and
 
17     WHEREAS, Her recent committee assignments included the
18 Electric Utility Oversight Committee, where she served as
19 Minority Spokesperson, the Health Care Availability Access
20 Committee, the Environment and Energy Committee, the
21 Telecommunications Committee, and the Mass Transit Committee;
22 and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Representative Krause was born in Milwaukee,
2 Wisconsin; she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the
3 University of Wisconsin - Madison and earned her Juris Doctor
4 with Honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology-Kent
5 College of Law in 1966; she and her husband, David, were
6 partners in the law firm of Krause & Krause in Mount Prospect;
7 therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
10 congratulate Representative Carolyn Krause on her retirement
11 from the Illinois House of Representatives and wish her the
12 best in her future endeavors; and be it further
 
13     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to State Representative Carolyn Krause as a symbol of
15 our respect and esteem.