Full Text of HR0279 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Behavioral healthcare disparities exist across | 3 | | Illinois; these disparities include underserved populations | 4 | | with behavioral healthcare needs as one of their acute or | 5 | | chronic conditions; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Behavioral healthcare disparities include racial, | 7 | | ethnic, and rural behavioral health disparities and | 8 | | underserved or professional shortage areas; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The mental well-being of young people and their | 10 | | ability to not use alcohol or other drugs is strongly linked to | 11 | | their academic success; helping students stay healthy is a | 12 | | fundamental mission of schools; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, According to the United States Surgeon General, | 14 | | approximately 50% of children with emotional disturbances and | 15 | | behavioral disturbances drop out of school; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control, | 17 | | suicides are among the leading cause of death for people 15-54 | 18 | | years of age; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, County coroners in Illinois report that, in some | 20 | | counties, the suicide rate has doubled since 2002, while, in |
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| 1 | | other counties, the suicide rate has increased in recent years; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, According to the Department of Defense Annual | 4 | | Suicide Report, suicides in the military started climbing | 5 | | considerably in 2005; this trend has not abated in recent | 6 | | years; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Cook County Jail is the largest "mental | 8 | | institution" in the State, due to its active inpatient | 9 | | psychiatric population; there are over 1,700 people on | 10 | | psychotropic medication for treatment of bipolar disorder, | 11 | | clinical depression, and schizoaffective disorder in the jail; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In Cook County Jail, 80% of the women there have a | 14 | | chronic mental illness; 80% of the women in that jail are the | 15 | | sole caretakers of their children; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Illinois courts, municipal and county jails, and | 17 | | the juvenile justice system have direct contact with many | 18 | | individuals who could be diverted away from these systems if | 19 | | behavioral healthcare services were available to them; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we urge the Governor to seek to empower and engage individuals | 3 | | and communities where behavioral healthcare disparities exist | 4 | | through the use of incentives, education, outreach, | 5 | | technology, and innovation; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That we further urge the administration to work | 7 | | with the 98th General Assembly to establish Behavioral | 8 | | Healthcare Enterprise Zones (BHEZs); BHEZs, modeled after | 9 | | economic enterprise zones, should be established in areas with | 10 | | significant behavioral health disparities, poor access to | 11 | | behavioral healthcare, high rates of trauma, or acute or | 12 | | chronic behavioral healthcare illnesses; primary care | 13 | | physicians and behavioral healthcare clinicians should be | 14 | | encouraged to practice in BHEZs through a range of incentives, | 15 | | including loan repayment assistance, tax credits, and | 16 | | assistance in installing health information technology; and be | 17 | | it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That we further urge the administration to | 19 | | establish Behavioral Healthcare Loan Repayment Assistance | 20 | | initiatives, in which behavioral healthcare professionals | 21 | | would be encouraged to practice through a range of incentives | 22 | | to include loan repayment assistance; the initiatives should | 23 | | include eligibility requirements, in which clinicians would | 24 | | have to participate in the Medicaid program and meet voluntary |
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| 1 | | standards for community service; community-based organizations | 2 | | should be urged to apply to create the zones and proposals with | 3 | | matching funding should be given priority; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That we further encourage the administration to | 5 | | call on the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with | 6 | | the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to identify a | 7 | | method to establish pilot programs for health homes, systems of | 8 | | care, and essential community behavioral healthcare providers | 9 | | to address the racial, ethnic, and rural behavioral health | 10 | | disparities, underserved populations, and underserved areas or | 11 | | professional shortage designated areas; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That we further encourage the administration to | 13 | | include a standardized collection and analysis of data on the | 14 | | impact on racial, ethnic, and rural healthcare disparities, | 15 | | underserved populations, and underserved or professional | 16 | | shortage designated areas in the Department of Human Services | 17 | | data collection process; and be it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That we further encourage the administration to | 19 | | create an Illinois Behavioral Health Innovation Prize that | 20 | | would provide public recognition for a new intervention or | 21 | | program that successfully reduces or eliminates behavioral | 22 | | healthcare disparities; the prize should broaden the scope of | 23 | | community participation and discover new solutions that can be |
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| 1 | | duplicated and employed throughout the State; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 | | delivered to Governor Pat Quinn and the Secretary of the | 4 | | Department of Human Services.
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