Full Text of HR0274 096th General Assembly
HR0274 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung disease includes a | 3 |
| group of rare life-threatening lung diseases in children that | 4 |
| may lead to progressive, incurable lung scarring or life-long | 5 |
| lung problems; and
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| WHEREAS, Certain children's interstitial lung diseases can | 7 |
| progress quickly, often causing disability or death within | 8 |
| first two years of life; and
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| WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung diseases are one of | 10 |
| the leading causes of lung transplantation in children, due to | 11 |
| scarring and an irreversible loss of the lung tissue's ability | 12 |
| to transport oxygen; and
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| WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung disease is not the | 14 |
| same as adult interstitial lung disease; and
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| WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung diseases are caused | 16 |
| by poorly understood genetic abnormalities that affect | 17 |
| families, infection, bleeding in the lungs, autoimmune | 18 |
| diseases, or abnormal lung development; and
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| WHEREAS, Children's interstitial lung diseases are often | 20 |
| mis-diagnosed or under-diagnosed; and
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| WHEREAS, There is no proven cure or treatment for | 2 |
| children's interstitial lung diseases; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Limited funding is available for these rare lung | 4 |
| problems in children; and
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| WHEREAS, A need has been identified to increase research | 6 |
| funding, awareness, and detection of these mis-diagnosed and | 7 |
| under-diagnosed disorders, as well as all incarnations of | 8 |
| children's interstitial lung disease; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| recognize the need to pursue research into the causes, a | 12 |
| treatment, and an eventual cure for children's interstitial | 13 |
| lung disease; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we support the work of advocates and | 15 |
| organizations in educating, supporting, and providing hope for | 16 |
| individuals who suffer from children's interstitial lung | 17 |
| disease; and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That we congratulate advocates and organizations | 19 |
| for their efforts to educate the public about children's | 20 |
| interstitial lung disease, while funding research to help find |
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| a cure for this disorder; and be it further | 2 |
| RESOLVED, That we designate the first week of May as | 3 |
| Children's Interstitial Lung Disease Awareness Week in the | 4 |
| State of Illinois.
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