Full Text of HR1196 93rd General Assembly
HR1196 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Approximately 1 in 7 women will develop breast | 3 |
| cancer in their lifetime; and
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| WHEREAS, The incidence rate of women with breast cancer in | 5 |
| Illinois has continued to increase throughout the past ten | 6 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, The amount of research and development of new | 8 |
| breast cancer treatments for women has worked to exponentially | 9 |
| increase the number of breast cancer survivors in Illinois; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, When diagnosed at early stages (Stage 1), the | 11 |
| 5-year breast cancer survival rate for women is 97%; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Recent data indicate that nearly one out of every | 13 |
| five enrollees in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early | 14 |
| Detection Program, which specializes in providing critical | 15 |
| breast and cervical cancer screening services to underserved | 16 |
| women, do not adhere to recommended mammography rescreening | 17 |
| schedules; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Lower-income breast cancer patients are more | 19 |
| likely to be diagnosed with advanced stages of the disease and | 20 |
| have lower 5-year survival rates; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Illinois' FY 2005 appropriation of $10 million for | 22 |
| tobacco use prevention from the 1998 tobacco Master Settlement | 23 |
| Agreement entered in the case of People of the State of | 24 |
| Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al. in the Circuit Court of Cook | 25 |
| County falls well short of the Centers for Disease Control and | 26 |
| Prevention's suggested appropriation of $63 million for | 27 |
| tobacco use prevention; therefore, be it | 28 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 |
| the Susan G. Komen Foundation is annually recognized on October | 3 |
| 14th for its vigorous efforts to eradicate breast cancer | 4 |
| through research, education, screening, and treatment; and be | 5 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That we encourage the continued citizen | 7 |
| participation in the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer | 8 |
| Research Fund Income Tax check-off, which raised more than | 9 |
| $100,000 in FY 2004 alone; and be it further | 10 |
| RESOLVED, That we strongly encourage women age 40 and older | 11 |
| to have mammogram screenings every 1-2 years; and be it further | 12 |
| RESOLVED, That we urge the General Assembly to appropriate | 13 |
| additional funding for breast cancer awareness and prevention | 14 |
| from the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That we urge the Congress of the United States to | 16 |
| pass an FY 2005 appropriation for the National Breast and | 17 |
| Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in the amount of $250 | 18 |
| million; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That we urge the State of Illinois to continue | 20 |
| maximizing its federal funding allocation from the National | 21 |
| Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program by | 22 |
| continuing to appropriate the maximum annual matching dollars | 23 |
| to this vital program; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge the Director of the Illinois State | 25 |
| Fair to annually designate one day at the State Fair as a day | 26 |
| of recognition for Breast Cancer Awareness; and be it further | 27 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this Resolution be | 28 |
| forwarded to each member of the Illinois Congressional | 29 |
| delegation and to the Director of the Illinois State Fair.
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