Full Text of SR0128 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, According to the 2015 National Health Interview | 3 | | Survey, among women aged 40 to 64, those
who are uninsured have | 4 | | the lowest prevalence of mammography use in the past two years | 5 | | at only 31
percent compared to 68 percent for women with health | 6 | | insurance; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The five-year survival for breast cancer is much | 8 | | higher when diagnosed at an early stage, and
improvements in | 9 | | early detection, screening, and treatment have resulted in a 39 | 10 | | percent reduction in breast cancer deaths; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The costs of treating advanced stage breast cancer | 12 | | are significantly higher than for early stage
disease; average | 13 | | costs allowed per patient in the two years following a breast | 14 | | cancer diagnosis can
reach up to $182,655 for stage 4 breast | 15 | | cancer, which is 2.5 times the cost of treating stage 0 breast
| 16 | | cancer; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society reports that breast | 18 | | cancer stage at diagnosis is more advanced in racial and ethnic | 19 | | minorities, lower income, and uninsured women, and the | 20 | | mortality rate for African American women with breast cancer is | 21 | | higher than in white women; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program | 2 | | within the Illinois Department of Public Health receives | 3 | | funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's | 4 | | (CDC) National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection | 5 | | Program (NBCCEDP), a program that provides low-income | 6 | | uninsured and underinsured women access to breast and cervical | 7 | | cancer screening and early detection services, along with | 8 | | patient navigation, case management, and educational | 9 | | information; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The CDC defines health equity as when every person | 11 | | has the opportunity to "attain his or her full health | 12 | | potential"; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program is | 14 | | meeting an unmet need in providing recommended breast cancer | 15 | | screening services to low-income uninsured and underinsured | 16 | | women, whose mammography uptake has been significantly lower | 17 | | compared to those who are insured; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Between 2012-2017, the Illinois Breast and | 19 | | Cervical Cancer Program has served 62,167 women; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, From 2012-2017, the Illinois Breast and Cervical | 21 | | Cancer Program screened 51,795 women for breast cancer with | 22 | | mammography and diagnosed 7,030 breast cancers; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Despite its proven success, the program remains | 2 | | woefully underfunded; decreased investment at the federal and | 3 | | state level has left low-income, uninsured and underinsured | 4 | | women without access to services; this lack of funding has | 5 | | resulted in less than one in ten eligible women currently | 6 | | receiving screenings through NBCCEDP; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program | 8 | | raises awareness about the importance of breast cancer | 9 | | screening and provides low-income, uninsured and underinsured | 10 | | women access to critical cancer control and prevention services | 11 | | that they may otherwise not have access to; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Access to these potentially lifesaving screening | 13 | | and early detection services provided by the Illinois Breast | 14 | | and Cervical Cancer Program should be available to all eligible | 15 | | women, consistent with American Cancer Society | 16 | | recommendations; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Increased investment for the Illinois Breast and | 18 | | Cervical Cancer Program will help Illinois reduce breast cancer | 19 | | incidence and mortality, save costs through increasing access | 20 | | to screening, diagnostic and treatment services, and reduce | 21 | | expensive treatment for late-stage diagnosis; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that Illinois Breast and | 3 | | Cervical Cancer Program eligibility and funding should be | 4 | | broadened to further reduce barriers to breast screening, | 5 | | detection and treatment for underserved women to improve | 6 | | conditions for women to achieve optimal health, regardless of | 7 | | their race, ethnicity, or economic status.
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