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Full Text of HR0741  103rd General Assembly

HR0741 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, To address the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
3across Illinois, a statewide public-private partnership of 50
4government, community, and health care organizations was
5launched in 2017 with two primary objectives, to increase the
6number of people living with HIV who are virally suppressed,
7when the virus cannot be transmitted sexually, a concept known
8as "Undetectable = Untransmittable" (U=U), and to increase the
9use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among people who are
10vulnerable to HIV; and
 
11    WHEREAS, To further address Illinois' HIV/AIDS epidemic
12and after nearly three years of considering the latest HIV
13science and gathering extensive community feedback, Getting to
14Zero Illinois (GTZ-IL), a robust six-pronged plan to end the
15HIV epidemic in Illinois by 2030, was unveiled on May 15, 2019;
16and
 
17    WHEREAS, The GTZ-IL plan, coordinated by the Illinois
18Department of Public Health, the Chicago Department of Public
19Health, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, includes goals and
20strategies intended to reduce new HIV transmissions, support
21the health of people living with HIV and AIDS, and help
22Illinois get to a point where the HIV epidemic can no longer
23sustain itself, or a "functional zero"; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, In order to expand the reach of the GTZ-IL plan,
2the GTZ Dashboard was launched in 2021 to help stakeholders
3track progress of the plan through data organized into three
4sections, which are progress measures, health measures, and
5social determinants of health measures; and
 
6    WHEREAS, As of the end of 2022, estimates indicate that
7there are 42,942 Illinoisans living with diagnosed HIV,
8including an estimated 5,711 Illinoisans who are undiagnosed,
9and 1,385 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in Illinois;
10and
 
11    WHEREAS, While all genders, ages, racial/ethnic groups,
12and geographic regions are impacted by HIV in Illinois,
13dramatic health disparities remain among the Black, Latinx,
14and LGBTQ+ communities being disproportionately affected; and
 
15    WHEREAS, As of the end of 2022, Black Illinoisans
16comprised 44% of people living with HIV, or 16,251 people,
17followed by white Illinoisans at 25%, or 9,313 people, and
18Latinx Illinoisans at 22%, or 8,093 people; and
 
19    WHEREAS, As of the end of that same year, Black and Latinx
20Illinoisans comprised 70% of those newly diagnosed with HIV,
21at 41% and 29% respectively; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The GTZ-IL plan prioritizes four communities in
2Illinois that are disproportionately impacted by HIV, which
3include Black and Latinx gay, bisexual, and other men who have
4sex with men, transgender women of color, and Black cisgender
5women; and
 
6    WHEREAS, HIV/AIDS has ravaged communities across Illinois,
7with access to health care, HIV treatment, HIV-related stigma,
8access to PrEP, and social determinants of health, including
9housing instability and homelessness, persisting as barriers
10to lowering HIV incidence rates; and
 
11    WHEREAS, May 15, 2024 marks the fifth anniversary of the
12GTZ-IL plan, an initiative introduced by Governor JB Pritzker
13that has become the State's primary instrument used to address
14HIV/AIDS across Illinois; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
16HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we declare May 15, 2024 as Getting to Zero Illinois Day in the
18State of Illinois to recommit to a hopeful and achievable path
19toward virtually eliminating new HIV transmissions and
20improving overall health care access in Illinois so that all
21Illinoisans can thrive; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That we support the goals and priorities of the
2Getting to Zero Illinois (GTZ-IL) plan, including the recently
3updated Getting to Zero Illinois Plan 2.0, with the goal to
4achieve zero new HIV transmissions by 2030; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That we support continued funding for
6prevention, care, and treatment services for communities
7impacted by HIV and people living with HIV in Illinois; and be
8it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That we support efforts to reduce health
10disparities and improve access to HIV prevention, care, and
11treatment in the Black, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities
12disproportionately impacted by HIV; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
14presented to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the
15Chicago Department of Public Health, and the AIDS Foundation
16of Chicago as a symbol of our esteem and respect for
17coordinating the Getting to Zero Illinois plan to end the HIV
18epidemic in Illinois by 2030.