Full Text of HJR0039 95th General Assembly
HJ0039 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Alzheimer's disease is a slow, progressive | 3 |
| disorder of the brain that results in loss of memory and other | 4 |
| cognitive functions and, eventually, results in death; and
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| WHEREAS, Because Alzheimer's is accompanied by memory | 6 |
| loss, poor judgment, changes in personality and behavior, and a | 7 |
| tendency to wander, individuals with this disease are at | 8 |
| increased risk for accidental injury, getting lost, abuse, | 9 |
| neglect, and exploitation; and
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| WHEREAS, With one in 10 people over age 65 and almost one | 11 |
| in every two people over 85 having Alzheimer's disease or a | 12 |
| related dementia, over the past 10 years the number of | 13 |
| Illinoisans with Alzheimer's and related dementias has risen | 14 |
| dramatically to the point that today over 210,000 people are | 15 |
| affected; and
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| WHEREAS, As the baby boom generation enters the age of | 17 |
| greatest risk for Alzheimer's, by 2025 their number in Illinois | 18 |
| is expected to increase to over 239,000; and
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| WHEREAS, Alzheimer's disease takes an enormous toll on | 20 |
| loving family members, with an estimated one in four acting as | 21 |
| a caregiver for each individual with the disease; and
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| WHEREAS, Caregivers for individuals with Alzheimer's watch | 2 |
| closely the deleterious effects of the disease and often suffer | 3 |
| more stress, depression, and health problems than caregivers of | 4 |
| people with other illnesses; and
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| WHEREAS, Alzheimer's disease is considered to be early | 6 |
| onset if an individual is younger than 65 when symptoms first | 7 |
| appear, and early onset Alzheimer's can strike someone as early | 8 |
| as their 30s, 40s, and 50s, with new data showing there may be | 9 |
| half a million Americans under age 65 who have dementia or | 10 |
| cognitive impairment at a level of severity consistent with | 11 |
| dementia; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has convened the Legislative | 13 |
| Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease pursuant to House Joint | 14 |
| Resolution 14 (93rd General Assembly); and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois must not be complacent and | 16 |
| must renew its commitment to develop a more aggressive State | 17 |
| plan to ensure that the framework of programs and services to | 18 |
| help Illinoisans with Alzheimer's and other related dementia | 19 |
| are functioning and capable of meeting the challenge of this | 20 |
| serious public health problem among Illinoisans; therefore, be | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 3 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Alzheimer's Disease and | 4 |
| Other Related Dementia State Plan Council is created, to | 5 |
| consist of the following: 8 members of the Illinois General | 6 |
| Assembly appointed as follows: 2 members of the Senate | 7 |
| appointed by the President of the Senate, one of whom shall | 8 |
| serve as co-chairman; 2 members of the Senate appointed by the | 9 |
| Minority Leader of the Senate; 2 members of the House of | 10 |
| Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 11 |
| Representatives, one of whom shall serve as co-chairman; and 2 | 12 |
| members of the House of Representatives appointed by the | 13 |
| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; the Director | 14 |
| of the Illinois Department on Aging (or his or her designee); | 15 |
| the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health (or | 16 |
| his or her designee); the Director of the Illinois Department | 17 |
| of Healthcare and Family Services (or his or her designee); and | 18 |
| 8 members of the public appointed by the Governor, to include a | 19 |
| representative of the Alzheimer's Association, a caregiver for | 20 |
| a person with Alzheimer's Disease, and a person with | 21 |
| early-stage Alzheimer's disease; Advisory Council members | 22 |
| shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for | 23 |
| their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds | 24 |
| appropriated for that purpose; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Related |
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| Dementia State Plan Council is directed to assess the current | 2 |
| and future impact of Alzheimer's disease on Illinoisans, to | 3 |
| examine the existing services and resources addressing the | 4 |
| needs of persons with Alzheimer's and their families and | 5 |
| caregivers, and to prepare, and develop a strategy to | 6 |
| implement, an Alzheimer's Disease and Other Related Dementia | 7 |
| State Plan in response to this public health crisis; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Related | 10 |
| Dementia State Plan Council shall include in its Alzheimer's | 11 |
| Disease and Other Related Dementia State Plan an examination of | 12 |
| the following:
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| (1) trends in the State's Alzheimer's population and | 14 |
| their needs, including the changing population with | 15 |
| dementia, including but not limited to:
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| (A) the State's role in long-term care, family | 17 |
| caregiver support, and assistance to persons with | 18 |
| early-stage and early onset Alzheimer's;
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| (B) the State's policy regarding persons with | 20 |
| Alzheimer's and developmental disabilities;
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| (2) existing services, resources, and capacity, | 22 |
| including but not limited to:
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| (A) the type, cost, and availability of dementia | 24 |
| services;
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| (B) the capacity of public safety and law |
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| enforcement to respond to persons with Alzheimer's;
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| (C) the availability of home and community-based | 3 |
| resources for persons with Alzheimer's and respite | 4 |
| care to assist families;
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| (D) an inventory of long-term care special | 6 |
| dementia care units;
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| (E) the adequacy and appropriateness of | 8 |
| geriatric-psychiatric units for persons with behavior | 9 |
| disorders associated with Alzheimer's and related | 10 |
| dementias;
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| (F) assisted living residential options for | 12 |
| persons with dementia;
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| (G) State support of Alzheimer's research through | 14 |
| Illinois universities and other resources;
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| (3) needed State policies and responses, including, | 16 |
| but not limited to, recommendations for provision of clear | 17 |
| and coordinated services and support to persons and | 18 |
| families living with Alzheimer's and related disorders, | 19 |
| and ways to address any identified gaps in service; and be | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Related | 22 |
| Dementia State Plan Council shall provide an Alzheimer's | 23 |
| Disease and Other Related Dementia State Plan to the Governor | 24 |
| and the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2009; and be | 25 |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 |
| delivered to the Governor, the Director of Aging, the Director | 3 |
| of Public Health, and the Director of Healthcare and Family | 4 |
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