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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, As our State's seniors live longer lives, Illinois | ||||||
3 | faces a major challenge in addressing long-term healthcare | ||||||
4 | needs; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Eighty-six percent of people age 85 and older have | ||||||
6 | at least one chronic condition which can cause pain, | ||||||
7 | disability, and loss of functioning; and
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8 | WHEREAS, An estimated 48 million Americans over the age of | ||||||
9 | 50 suffer from chronic pain; and | ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, Approximately 18 million children in the United | ||||||
11 | States have developmental, physical, and/or behavioral | ||||||
12 | disabilities that require significant home care; and | ||||||
13 | WHEREAS, Family caregivers provide 80 percent of long-term | ||||||
14 | care in the United States, a level of care valued at $306 | ||||||
15 | billion a year, more than what is spent on nursing home and | ||||||
16 | paid home care combined; and
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17 | WHEREAS, 29 million Americans provide home respite care to | ||||||
18 | family members of all ages; and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, The Comprehensive Lifespan Respite Care Act of |
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1 | 2006 was passed by both chambers of the United States Congress | ||||||
2 | and subsequently signed into law by President George W. Bush on | ||||||
3 | December 21, 2006; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The Comprehensive Lifespan Respite Care Act of | ||||||
5 | 2006 authorizes $289 million to be provided to the states for | ||||||
6 | the purpose of developing lifespan respite care at the state | ||||||
7 | and local level, providing respite care services for family | ||||||
8 | caregivers caring for children and adults, recruiting and | ||||||
9 | training respite care volunteers and workers, providing | ||||||
10 | information to respite caregivers about available respite or | ||||||
11 | support services, and assisting caregivers in gaining access to | ||||||
12 | such services; and
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13 | WHEREAS, On March 11, 2009, the President signed into law | ||||||
14 | the FY09 Omnibus Appropriations bill which packages nine | ||||||
15 | appropriation bills postponed from the last Congress to fund | ||||||
16 | most federal agencies for this current fiscal year (FY09); the | ||||||
17 | bill includes $2.5 million for Lifespan Respite for this fiscal | ||||||
18 | year; (funds must be obligated before September 30, 2009; and | ||||||
19 | funds could be made available to states through a competitive | ||||||
20 | grant process as soon as late spring or early summer); and | ||||||
21 | WHEREAS, Illinois may not be one of the eligible states, | ||||||
22 | since Illinois is not prepared to apply for funding according | ||||||
23 | to that Act; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | the appropriate State agencies should take the necessary steps | ||||||
4 | to secure federal funds available under the Comprehensive | ||||||
5 | Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006 for respite care development | ||||||
6 | and implementation as soon as such funds are appropriated by | ||||||
7 | the Congress and made available; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | delivered to the Governor.
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