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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Diabetes is one our nation's greatest health
3 risks, affecting approximately 18.2 million people in the
4 United States, roughly 6.2% of the population; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The 2 main forms of diabetes are Type 1 and Type 2
6 diabetes; Type 1 diabetes results from the body's failure to
7 produce insulin, and Type 2 diabetes results from insulin
8 resistance combined with relative insulin deficiency; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Children are affected by Type 1 diabetes, and the
10 number of children affected by diabetes is growing; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The 94th General Assembly has passed House Bill
12 1581, which creates the Diabetes Research Check-off Fund and
13 provides that, from the Fund, the Department of Human Services
14 must make grants to public or private entities for diabetes
15 research; and
 
16     WHEREAS, The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation funds
17 research on diabetes that affects children; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The American Diabetes Association supports basic
19 and clinical research for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes aimed
20 at preventing, treating, and curing diabetes; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Illinoisans rank second, behind Mississippi, in
22 meeting target levels of scores on A1c hemoglobin tests, making
23 it the second worst state in the nation at controlling
24 diabetes; therefore, be it
 
25     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
27 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Department of Human
28 Services to disburse the moneys in the Diabetes Research

 

 

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1 Check-off Fund as grants for the research of diabetes as
2 follows:
3         (1) 50% of the moneys in the Fund as grants to the
4     Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; and
5         (2) 50% of the moneys in the Fund as grants to the
6     American Diabetes Association; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the Secretary of Human Services.