Full Text of HR0647 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 647
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 647 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the heading with the following: | 4 | | "WHEREAS, Research over the last two decades in the | 5 | | evolving fields of neuroscience, brain science,
molecular | 6 | | biology, public health, genomics, and epigenetics reveals that | 7 | | experiences in the first few
years of life build changes into | 8 | | the biology of the human body, including the architecture of | 9 | | the brain;
and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Brain growth occurs rapidly in the first three | 11 | | years of a child's life and accelerates over the
next ten | 12 | | years, slowing during the early twenties; a child's brain and | 13 | | body development can be impaired
by certain environmental | 14 | | conditions, influencing the person's physical and mental | 15 | | health and social
outcomes over their life span; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are | 2 | | traumatic experiences occurring during
childhood that have | 3 | | been found to have a profound effect on a child's developing | 4 | | brain structure and
body and may result in poor health during | 5 | | the person's adulthood; ACEs can be physical, emotional, or
| 6 | | sexual abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, including | 7 | | caregiver substance abuse, untreated mental
illness or | 8 | | incarceration, domestic violence, or separation or divorce | 9 | | involving household members; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Experiencing ACEs as well as experiencing intense | 11 | | and prolonged stress, like community
violence, without | 12 | | positive influences or nurturing relationships during | 13 | | childhood can become known as
toxic stress, which can further | 14 | | affect a child's brain development and function and lead to | 15 | | long-term cognitive
and health impairments; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, ACEs studies have also found a strong correlation | 17 | | between the number of ACEs and a
person's risk for disease and | 18 | | negative health behaviors, including suicide, depression, | 19 | | cancer, stroke,
ischemic heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune | 20 | | disease, smoking, substance abuse, interpersonal
violence, | 21 | | obesity, unplanned pregnancies, lower educational achievement, | 22 | | workplace absenteeism, and
lower wages; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, Findings from the Illinois 2013 Behavioral Risk |
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| 1 | | Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) supported by the Illinois | 2 | | ACEs
Response Collaborative found that almost 60% of | 3 | | non-institutionalized adult Illinoisans reported having
at | 4 | | least one ACE; this number equates to almost 5 million Illinois | 5 | | residents; 14.2% of Illinois adults
reported four or more ACEs; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, BRFSS data also showed that approximately 20% of | 8 | | African American and Hispanic adults in
Illinois reported four | 9 | | or more ACEs, compared to 13% of non-Hispanic whites; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois 2013 BRFSS also found that 43% of | 11 | | women and 48% of men reported having one
to three ACEs; 15% of | 12 | | women and 13% men reported experiencing four or more ACEs; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, BRFSS data showed that individuals with between 1 | 14 | | and 3 ACEs reported their physical health
was not good 12% more | 15 | | often and their mental health was not good 44% more often than | 16 | | individuals
with no ACEs; individuals with more than 4 ACEs | 17 | | reported their physical health was not good 65%
more often and | 18 | | their mental health was not good 176% more often than | 19 | | individuals with no ACEs; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Individuals with six or more ACEs were found, on | 21 | | average, to live 20 years less than those
individuals with zero | 22 | | ACEs; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Among those who misuse opioids, the individuals | 2 | | most likely to experience problems with
addiction are those who | 3 | | suffered ACEs; general population surveys have estimated that | 4 | | 75% of
individuals with substance use disorders have | 5 | | experienced trauma early in their lives; rates are even
higher | 6 | | among populations seeking treatment for opioid addiction; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, ACEs appear to be a root cause of many of our most | 8 | | challenging health and social problems
and, without adequate | 9 | | family intervention and support, appear to be transmitted from | 10 | | one generation
to the next, further exacerbating the poor | 11 | | outcomes from ACEs and toxic stress; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, It is less disruptive to well-being, less costly, | 13 | | and more effective to positively influence the
development of a | 14 | | child's brain than to intervene and correct negative | 15 | | experiences and outcomes later
in life; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Trauma-informed care is an approach that can bring | 17 | | greater understanding and more
effective ways to prevent, | 18 | | identify, and support and serve children, adults, families, and | 19 | | communities
affected by ACEs, trauma, adversity, and toxic | 20 | | stress; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Trauma-informed care is not a therapy or an |
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| 1 | | intervention; it is a principle-based, culture change
process | 2 | | aimed at recognizing strengths and resiliency and helping | 3 | | people who have
experienced trauma to overcome those issues in | 4 | | order to achieve personal and economic well-being;
and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services | 6 | | Administration and many other agencies
and organizations | 7 | | provide substantial resources to better engage individuals, | 8 | | community-based
organizations, and communities across the | 9 | | United States in order to implement trauma-informed care;
and | 10 | | WHEREAS, A trauma-informed Illinois enhances the ability | 11 | | of children and adults to adapt, cope and
thrive despite | 12 | | difficult experiences and supports the mental well-being of | 13 | | everyone in our state; therefore,
be it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we acknowledge that toxic stress
and adverse childhood | 17 | | experiences can have significantly negative short-term, | 18 | | long-term, and
generational impacts, and that early | 19 | | interventions through trauma-informed care is the most | 20 | | efficient
and cost effective way to combat these impacts; and | 21 | | be it further | 22 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois General Assembly is urged to |
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| 1 | | seek out opportunities to enhance legislation
through the | 2 | | science of resiliency and a trauma informed lens and funding | 3 | | around early intervention
services for children and families | 4 | | that centers the principles of brain development, the intimate
| 5 | | connection between mental and physical health, and the concepts | 6 | | of toxic stress and adverse childhood
experiences; and be it | 7 | | further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 9 | | delivered to the Governor, the House Speaker, the Senate
| 10 | | President, the House Majority Leader, the House Minority | 11 | | Leader, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority
Leader, | 12 | | and the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention."
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