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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, the members of the House of Representatives are |
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| pleased to honor organizations that provide valuable services |
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| to their communities; and
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| WHEREAS, Hispanocare, Inc., was founded in 1988 by Illinois |
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| Masonic Medical Center as a not-for-profit network of nearly |
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| 300 bilingual healthcare providers in order to offer the Latino |
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| community in the Chicago metropolitan area quality, |
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| cost-effective healthcare in a culturally sensitive manner; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Hispanocare, Inc., offers free or discounted |
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| membership in a comprehensive program that includes access to |
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| bilingual healthcare providers in a wide range of specialties, |
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| discounts on out-of-pocket medical expenses, discounts on |
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| healthcare needs not traditionally covered by insurance, and |
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| the "La Edad de Oro" program, which provides discounts on |
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| prescriptions and optometry, podiatry, and dental care |
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| services to senior citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, Hispanocare's importance in the community is |
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| evidenced by a significant growth in its membership in recent |
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| years and the expansion of its service area to include not only |
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| the City of Chicago but also surrounding suburbs; and
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| WHEREAS, Hispanocare demonstrates its mission of community |
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| outreach by participating in community health fairs, offering |
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| free preventive services and screenings and vaccinations, |
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| hosting public symposia, publishing an editorial column in La |
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| Raza newspaper, and providing a scholarship program for Latino |
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| students entering the healthcare field; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |