Full Text of HR0566 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate John F. Vrba on
his tenure | 4 | | as the president of the Illinois Health Care Association, a | 5 | | volunteer position wherein he
sought the highest quality of | 6 | | care standards for the frail elderly who receive care in | 7 | | facilities across the State, and for his 27 years of service as | 8 | | a care provider; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Vrba has embraced a life centered on | 10 | | positivity and living for the moment after the
unfortunate | 11 | | passing of his father at a young age; he is the living | 12 | | embodiment of the phrase "Live, Laugh
and Love"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Vrba is a lifelong Illinois resident, growing | 14 | | up in Northeastern Illinois, receiving his
undergraduate | 15 | | education at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, and earning | 16 | | a master's degree in
psychology from Benedictine University in | 17 | | Lisle; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, John Vrba began his career in skilled nursing care | 19 | | in 1991, providing one-on-one direct care to residents as an | 20 | | activity
aide, where he came
to understand the needs of the | 21 | | frail and elderly; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, This early exposure to the elderly set John Vrba's | 2 | | course in life, causing him to dedicate his
career to being a | 3 | | care provider for the elderly, climbing the ranks from being an | 4 | | activity aide, to an
administrator, and eventually operating | 5 | | his own skilled nursing center, Burgess Square Healthcare and
| 6 | | Rehabilitation Centre, where he could set the highest quality | 7 | | standards for those in his care; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, John Vrba understood the value of working with | 9 | | like-minded individuals; he became a
member of the Illinois | 10 | | Health Care Association at the outset of his career in skilled | 11 | | nursing care; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, John Vrba used his role at the Illinois Health | 13 | | Care Association to serve as a volunteer advocate
for the | 14 | | skilled nursing care profession at both the State and federal | 15 | | level; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, John Vrba has worked diligently to assure | 17 | | appropriate physician oversight for the frail
elderly happens | 18 | | throughout the State as a member of the board of directors for | 19 | | the Illinois Medical Directors
Association; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, John Vrba's humanitarian spirit could not be | 21 | | contained in the skilled nursing profession; he
also serves on | 22 | | the board of the John McNicholas Pediatric Brain Tumor |
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| 1 | | Foundation, a group
dedicated to the eradication of this | 2 | | horrible affliction; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, John Vrba, after serving in many roles for the | 4 | | Illinois Health Care Association, eventually
assumed the | 5 | | presidency in 2013, and now finds his term as such ending; | 6 | | therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 | | congratulate John F. Vrba on his tenure as president of the | 10 | | Illinois Health Care Association and for his continued | 11 | | commitment to Illinois's elderly citizens; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to John Vrba and his family as a symbol of our | 14 | | respect and esteem.
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