Full Text of HR1037 94th General Assembly
HR1037 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On June 1, 2006, Earl C. Bird will retire as | 3 |
| President of the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council | 4 |
| (MCHC) and bring to a close an enormously successful career | 5 |
| serving as the voice for hospitals throughout northern | 6 |
| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, MCHC is a membership and service organization | 8 |
| comprised of more than 140 hospitals and health care | 9 |
| organizations from throughout northern Illinois and has for | 10 |
| nearly 75 years assisted its members through collective | 11 |
| initiatives that facilitate the integration and improvement of | 12 |
| the delivery of health care services within the communities | 13 |
| they serve; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Bird began his career in health care, which | 15 |
| spans more than three decades, when he became the Director of | 16 |
| Human Resource Services for the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, | 17 |
| Michigan; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Bird first joined MCHC in 1972 and later | 19 |
| became its Senior Vice President in 1983; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Bird became the voice of northern Illinois' | 21 |
| hospital community when he because President of MCHC in 1985; | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, Under Mr. Bird's leadership, MCHC initiated | 24 |
| numerous programs and services that assist MCHC members in | 25 |
| meeting their missions and serving their communities, | 26 |
| including the hospital employee benefit program, which | 27 |
| provides health insurance coverage to more than 120,000 | 28 |
| employees and their dependents, a group purchasing program and | 29 |
| other important services; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Bird has led the fight to ensure that health | 2 |
| care is available to our most vulnerable patient populations | 3 |
| and organized hospital support for the construction of the John | 4 |
| H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County and the creation of the | 5 |
| Illinois Poison Center, which provides around-the-clock poison | 6 |
| treatment services to more than 100,000 Illinoisans annually; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, Under Mr. Bird's leadership, MCHC has become a | 9 |
| nationally-recognized leader in disaster and emergency | 10 |
| preparedness; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure Mr. Bird also provided a | 12 |
| tremendous service and support to public policy makers at the | 13 |
| local, State, and national levels; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Bird served as Chairman of the U.S. Conference | 15 |
| of Metropolitan Hospital Associations (CMHA) and its Committee | 16 |
| on Urban Health, as a member of the American Hospital | 17 |
| Association's Governing Council for Metropolitan Hospitals, as | 18 |
| a member of Governor Jim Edgar's Illinois Health Care Reform | 19 |
| Task Force, and as a member of Mayor Richard M. Daley's Chicago | 20 |
| and Cook County Health Care Summit and the Cook County | 21 |
| Ambulatory Care Council; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we recognize and commend Earl C. Bird for the service and | 25 |
| leadership he has provided to northern Illinois' hospitals and | 26 |
| the communities they serve; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to Earl C. Bird as a token of our esteem.
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