Full Text of HJR0055 94th General Assembly
HJ0055 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Andrew H. Melczer, Ph.D., who passed away on | 3 |
| February 7, 2005, served the Illinois State Medical Society | 4 |
| (ISMS), its member physicians, and all the citizens of the | 5 |
| State of Illinois for more than 20 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Melczer monitored the evolving health care | 7 |
| system of Illinois and the United States, developed ISMS | 8 |
| legislative responses to ensure that physicians could practice | 9 |
| quality medical care, and analyzed proposed legislation | 10 |
| related to the health care system; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Melczer provided support to physicians | 12 |
| seeking to understand and respond to the evolving health care | 13 |
| marketplace; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Melczer was a developer of the Illinois | 15 |
| Managed Care Reform and Patients Rights Act to protect | 16 |
| physicians and patients from managed care interference in the | 17 |
| delivery of health care; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Melczer authored instructional brochures and | 19 |
| model policy documents and developed seminars to assist | 20 |
| Illinois physicians with the understanding and implementation | 21 |
| of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability | 22 |
| Act; and
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| WHEREAS, These HIPAA model policies and procedures have | 24 |
| been adapted and used by physicians across the country; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Melczer served in leadership roles as the ISMS | 26 |
| representative to the Workgroup for Electronic Data | 27 |
| Interchange and guided Illinois physicians with the | 28 |
| implementation and use of electronic health records; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Melczer gave generously of his time and | 2 |
| expertise to serve on boards and commissions, including the | 3 |
| Illinois Health Care Cost Containment Council, the Hospital | 4 |
| Report Care Advisory Council, and the Illinois Health Care | 5 |
| Credentials Council; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Melczer analyzed and recommended ISMS | 7 |
| responses to federal legislative and regulatory Medicare and | 8 |
| Medicaid proposals to determine impact on Illinois physicians; | 9 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Melczer encouraged all to "Find work that you | 11 |
| love and do it well, but don't take it so seriously that you | 12 |
| forget what really matters in life. Show your family you love | 13 |
| them every day. Make this world a better place by sharing your | 14 |
| time and talents. Teach yourself something new. Laugh. Be a | 15 |
| good person, and thank God daily for all of our blessings."; | 16 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 19 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we honor the memory of Andrew H. | 20 |
| Melczer, Ph.D., for his valuable and numerous contributions to | 21 |
| the quality of health care in Illinois and for his many years | 22 |
| of outstanding public service; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to Dr. Melczer's family with our heartfelt thanks and | 25 |
| as an expression of our deepest sympathy, respect, and esteem.
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