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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Primary Health Care Association is | ||||||
| 3 | the sole trade association representing all of Illinois' | ||||||
| 4 | Federally Qualified Health Centers; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Federally Qualified Health Centers are nonprofit, | ||||||
| 6 | community-owned and operated health providers serving | ||||||
| 7 | uninsured and medically underserved people in our community; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Illinois Federally Qualified Health Centers serve | ||||||
| 10 | as the medical home for over 1 million people at more than 300 | ||||||
| 11 | sites statewide, providing access to primary, dental and mental | ||||||
| 12 | health care; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Federally Qualified Health Centers expand access | ||||||
| 14 | to affordable, high quality, cost-effective health care to all | ||||||
| 15 | people, regardless of ability to pay, and contain health care | ||||||
| 16 | costs by fostering prevention and integrating the delivery of | ||||||
| 17 | primary care with aggressive outreach, patient education, | ||||||
| 18 | translation and other enabling services; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, 1.4 million individuals lack access | ||||||
| 20 | to health insurance coverage; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Primary Health Care Association has | ||||||
| 2 | proposed a plan called "ACCESS ILLINOIS" to provide a medical | ||||||
| 3 | home to 2 million insured and uninsured patients by 2015; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, This plan will generate substantial benefits for | ||||||
| 5 | the State of Illinois and all its residents; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we fully support the | ||||||
| 8 | goals of the Illinois Primary Health Care Association's ACCESS | ||||||
| 9 | ILLINOIS plan; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That we stand together to do our part in | ||||||
| 11 | preserving, strengthening, and expanding Federally Qualified | ||||||
| 12 | Health Centers in our State; and be it further | ||||||
| 13 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate does hereby recognize | ||||||
| 14 | the valued contributions of Federally Qualified Health Centers | ||||||
| 15 | in expanding access to health care and improving the health and | ||||||
| 16 | well being of the citizens of the great State of Illinois; and | ||||||
| 17 | be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent | ||||||
| 19 | to the Illinois Primary Health Care Association.
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