Full Text of SR0576 93rd General Assembly
SR0576 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, More than 20 million Americans, about one in nine | 3 |
| adults, have a form of chronic kidney disease; of these, more | 4 |
| than eight million have seriously reduced kidney functions | 5 |
| that, if left untreated, may progress to a more severe level of | 6 |
| chronic kidney disease; and
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| WHEREAS, Chronic kidney disease and the resultant | 8 |
| progression of that disease to stage 5 chronic kidney disease, | 9 |
| known as End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), affect over 300,000 | 10 |
| Americans, of whom over 12,800 are Illinoisans; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, People over the age of 50 and those who have a | 12 |
| family history of kidney disease or have been diagnosed with | 13 |
| diabetes or hypertension are more likely to develop chronic | 14 |
| kidney disease; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Certain populations are disproportionately | 16 |
| impacted; African Americans make up 15.5% of the general | 17 |
| population of Illinois but account for 42.1% of Illinoisans | 18 |
| with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or End Stage Renal Disease; | 19 |
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| WHEREAS, Stage 5 chronic kidney disease or End Stage Renal | 21 |
| Disease is three times more likely to occur in Hispanics and | 22 |
| Native Americans and two times more likely in Asian Americans | 23 |
| than in Caucasians; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, 95% of all stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients | 25 |
| are either Medicare beneficiaries through a unique federal | 26 |
| program or Medicaid beneficiaries representing a significant | 27 |
| cost to the State, and, according to the United States Renal | 28 |
| Data Service, these yearly expenditures amount to about $60,000 | 29 |
| per Illinoisan and are growing each year; and |
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| WHEREAS, The combined financial impact of this devastating | 2 |
| disease on Illinois' health care system is over $768 million | 3 |
| annually; and
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| WHEREAS, The two contributing factors accounting for more | 5 |
| than 60% of new cases of chronic kidney disease are diabetes | 6 |
| and hypertension; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Chronic kidney disease may lead to cardiovascular | 8 |
| complications, bone disease, and irreversible kidney failure; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, A person may exhibit no symptoms of chronic kidney | 11 |
| disease until 75% or more of kidney function is lost and this | 12 |
| devastating disease can be prevented through early screening | 13 |
| and proper education; and
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| WHEREAS, Simple, cost-effective means are available to | 15 |
| identify and diagnose chronic kidney disease and associated | 16 |
| life-threatening complications; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Cost-effective means can determine levels of | 18 |
| kidney function and provide information for clinicians about | 19 |
| therapeutic interventions that may preserve kidney function, | 20 |
| sustain life, and delay progression to stage 5 chronic kidney | 21 |
| disease or renal transplantation, or both; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Evidence-based clinical guidelines have been | 23 |
| developed by scientists and renal experts and published in | 24 |
| peer-reviewed journals; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 26 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we request the Illinois | 27 |
| Department of Public Aid to institute a program by which | 28 |
| individuals who have been diagnosed with diabetes or | 29 |
| hypertension or who have a family history of kidney disease and |
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| receive a diagnosis of kidney disease shall be classified as | 2 |
| chronic kidney disease patients; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That these patients shall be evaluated for kidney | 4 |
| disease through routine clinical laboratory assessments of | 5 |
| kidney function and that the diagnostic criteria that define | 6 |
| chronic kidney disease shall be any generally-recognized | 7 |
| clinical practice guidelines that identify chronic kidney | 8 |
| disease based on the presence of kidney damage and the level of | 9 |
| kidney function; and be it further | 10 |
| RESOLVED, That chronic kidney patients shall receive | 11 |
| coverage for diagnostic testing and healthcare services that | 12 |
| have been certified by the patient's physician as having | 13 |
| clinical benefit for: (1) managing risk factors that prolong | 14 |
| kidney function or delay progression to kidney replacement | 15 |
| therapy; (2) managing risk factors for bone disease and | 16 |
| cardiovascular disease associated with chronic kidney disease; | 17 |
| (3) improving nutritional status of chronic kidney disease | 18 |
| patients; and (4) correcting anemia associated with chronic | 19 |
| kidney disease; and be it further | 20 |
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | 21 |
| the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
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