Full Text of SJR0070 93rd General Assembly
SJ0070 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, A disproportionate burden of disease, disability, | 3 |
| and death exists among women and people of color in the State; | 4 |
| and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Infant mortality for American Indians and | 6 |
| African-Americans is more than double the rate for non-Hispanic | 7 |
| whites; and
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| WHEREAS, African-Americans are more than three times as | 9 |
| likely, American
Indians and Alaska Natives are more than twice | 10 |
| as likely, and Hispanics are 1.5 times as likely as | 11 |
| non-Hispanic whites to die from diabetes
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| WHEREAS, The foundations for personal health, academic | 13 |
| success, and professional achievement begin in early | 14 |
| childhood; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Comprehensive early childhood development | 16 |
| programs foster healthy physical, cognitive, and social | 17 |
| development; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Long-term benefits include improved high school | 19 |
| graduation rates, decreases in teen pregnancy, decreased | 20 |
| delinquency, and higher rates of employment; therefore, be it | 21 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 22 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 23 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that a task force on health disparities be | 24 |
| created to identify opportunities for improving health care | 25 |
| status and addressing health disparities in communities of | 26 |
| color; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force consist of 8 members from | 28 |
| committees with jurisdiction over health and committees with |
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| jurisdiction over education: 2 members of the Senate appointed | 2 |
| by the President of the Senate; 2 members of the Senate | 3 |
| appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; and 2 members of the | 4 |
| House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House | 5 |
| of Representatives; and 2 members of the House of | 6 |
| Representatives appointed by the House Minority Leader; and be | 7 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall:
(1) Consider the | 9 |
| impact of early childhood development programs on reducing | 10 |
| health disparities in communities of color, including a review | 11 |
| of information about the sources of critical childhood | 12 |
| interventions that impact health disparities such as family | 13 |
| resources, child care, education, community organizations, | 14 |
| social determinants, and others;
(2) Consider opportunities to | 15 |
| improve the health status of people of color by addressing | 16 |
| barriers to culturally and linguistically appropriate health | 17 |
| care and health education materials and practices, including a | 18 |
| review of opportunities to increase the number of minority | 19 |
| health providers in the State through development of career | 20 |
| ladder, expanded recruiting, education, and retention | 21 |
| programs, so that the entire health work force more closely | 22 |
| mirrors the people that it serves;
(3) Address ways to | 23 |
| enumerate the racial and ethnic composition of the health work | 24 |
| force and health career training, education, and career ladder | 25 |
| programs;
(4) Evaluate the impact of reductions in health care | 26 |
| expenditures on communities of color;
(5) Request input from | 27 |
| the African-American Family Commission prior to submitting | 28 |
| final review and recommendations to the General Assembly; and
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| (6) Complete its review and submit its recommendations to the | 30 |
| General Assembly by December 31, 2005; and be it further | 31 |
| RESOLVED, That the task force is dissolved on January 1, | 32 |
| 2006.
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