Full Text of HR0100 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, February 7, 2019 is the 18th annual commemoration | 3 | | and observance of National African-American HIV/AIDS Awareness | 4 | | Day; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, This observance is a nationwide effort to mobilize | 6 | | African-American communities to get educated, tested, | 7 | | involved, and treated for HIV/AIDS, as it continues to | 8 | | devastate African-American communities; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, National African-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day | 10 | | is directed, planned, and strategically implemented by | 11 | | HIV/AIDS organizations to mobilize community-based | 12 | | organizations and stakeholders involved in HIV/AIDS | 13 | | prevention, care, and treatment; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, African-Americans account for 46.8% of people | 15 | | living with HIV, although they represent just 12% of the United | 16 | | States population; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has witnessed HIV infections drop by 35% | 18 | | over the last decade, however, nearly 43,000 residents of | 19 | | Illinois are still living with HIV (including the undiagnosed); | 20 | | the Black community continues to be disproportionally impacted | 21 | | by the epidemic; Black gay men are experiencing an increase in |
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| 1 | | HIV cases, particularly among youth; Black woman account for | 2 | | more than 73% of women who are newly diagnosed and women who | 3 | | are living with HIV; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Nearly 43,000 residents of Illinois are living | 5 | | with HIV (including the undiagnosed), and 52% of people newly | 6 | | diagnosed with HIV are African-American; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Young African-American gay men under the age of 30 | 8 | | in Chicago have an infection rate three times greater than | 9 | | their white counterparts; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, At the current rate of infection, nationally 1 in | 11 | | 4 gay African-American men will become HIV-positive by the time | 12 | | they are 25, and 1 in 2 will have HIV by the time they are 35; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Of those African-Americans that are HIV-positive, | 15 | | fewer than half are prescribed antiretroviral therapy (HIV | 16 | | medication), and just 37% reach viral suppression; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Over two-thirds of women diagnosed with HIV in the | 18 | | United States are African-American; Center for Disease Control | 19 | | data reports that by race/ethnicity, African-American | 20 | | transgender women have the highest percentage of new HIV | 21 | | positive test results; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, HIV medication taken daily (Pre-Exposure | 2 | | Prophylaxis or PrEP) is nearly 100% effective at preventing HIV | 3 | | infection when used consistently and correctly and creates the | 4 | | opportunity to dramatically reduce HIV infections in the Black | 5 | | community, but awareness of PrEP and access to PrEP is low in | 6 | | the Black community for those who could potentially benefit | 7 | | from PrEP, based on the CDC guidelines; only 1% of PrEP users | 8 | | are Black; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly and administration | 10 | | failed to transfer money to the African-American American | 11 | | HIV/AIDS Response Fund, resulting in an inability to make | 12 | | grants to organizations focused on fighting the epidemic in the | 13 | | African-American community; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Numerous organizations, faith-based institutions, | 15 | | public health entities, and impacted citizens are hosting | 16 | | community events to recognize this day and its importance to | 17 | | African-Americans and all concerned citizens; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, It is fitting that we join with these local, | 19 | | national, and international groups to express our strong | 20 | | support for National African-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day | 21 | | and the initiatives to prevent HIV/AIDS in African-American | 22 | | communities and provide access to and utilization of HIV/AIDS |
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| 1 | | prevention, treatment, and support services to those affected | 2 | | by HIV/AIDS; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we declare February 7, 2019 as National African-American | 6 | | HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in Illinois, and encourage local | 7 | | residents to strongly support this day and participate in | 8 | | events planned to commemorate the occasion.
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