Full Text of SR1587 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Free & Charitable | 3 | | Clinics improves access to quality healthcare for low-income | 4 | | individuals who are uninsured or underinsured by strengthening | 5 | | free and charitable clinics, fostering partnerships, educating | 6 | | the public, and advocating for health policy; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Free and charitable clinics have a mission to | 8 | | serve the uninsured and underinsured by providing a range of | 9 | | healthcare services including medical, dental, pharmaceutical, | 10 | | and mental and behavioral health; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Free and charitable clinics provide community | 12 | | health education classes on a wide range of topics including | 13 | | diabetes, hypertension, diet, exercise, home health, and | 14 | | medicine administration; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, It is estimated that 896,000 Illinois residents | 16 | | and 32.3 million Americans were uninsured in 2016; Illinois has | 17 | | the 8th highest uninsured population in the country, with 10.6% | 18 | | of people ages 18-64 in the state uninsured; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Free and Charitable | 20 | | Clinics operates over 40 free and charitable clinics across | 21 | | Illinois located in both rural and urban areas of the state, |
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| 1 | | providing over 83,000 visits to approximately 68,000 patients | 2 | | annually; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare | 4 | | professionals provide more than 150,000 hours of volunteer | 5 | | medical care every year in Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Free and charitable clinics in Illinois are truly | 7 | | an invaluable resource for Illinois residents who are without | 8 | | insurance or are underinsured; these clinics provide access to | 9 | | life-saving medical care that would otherwise be unavailable or | 10 | | more costly; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare August of | 13 | | 2018 as "Free and Charitable Clinic Month" in the State of | 14 | | Illinois in order to create community awareness of the mission | 15 | | and availability of free and charitable clinics across the | 16 | | state so that residents who are without insurance or are | 17 | | underinsured can receive access to vital medical care; and be | 18 | | it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That we express our gratitude and admiration for | 20 | | the important work the many free and charitable clinics, | 21 | | volunteer doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals | 22 | | do for our great citizens throughout the State of Illinois; and |
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| 1 | | be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the Illinois Association of Free & Charitable | 4 | | Clinics as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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