HJ0061 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Diabetes is one our nation's greatest health risks, affecting approximately 18.2 million people in the United States, roughly 6.2% of the population; and

WHEREAS, The 2 main forms of diabetes are Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes; Type 1 diabetes results from the body's failure to produce insulin, and Type 2 diabetes results from insulin resistance combined with relative insulin deficiency; and

WHEREAS, Children are affected by Type 1 diabetes, and the number of children affected by diabetes is growing; and

WHEREAS, The 94th General Assembly has passed House Bill 1581, which creates the Diabetes Research Check-off Fund and provides that, from the Fund, the Department of Human Services must make grants to public or private entities for diabetes research; and

WHEREAS, The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation funds research on diabetes that affects children; and

WHEREAS, The American Diabetes Association supports basic and clinical research for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes aimed at preventing, treating, and curing diabetes; and

WHEREAS, Illinoisans rank second, behind Mississippi, in meeting target levels of scores on A1c hemoglobin tests, making it the second worst state in the nation at controlling diabetes; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Department of Human Services to disburse the moneys in the Diabetes Research Check-off Fund as grants for the research of diabetes as follows:

(1) 50% of the moneys in the Fund as grants to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; and

(2) 50% of the moneys in the Fund as grants to the American Diabetes Association; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Secretary of Human Services.