Full Text of HR1057 95th General Assembly
HR1057 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives fully recognize that stroke is the third | 4 |
| leading cause of death in the United States; each year, over | 5 |
| 160,000 Americans die from strokes; African Americans are two | 6 |
| times more likely to suffer a first-ever stroke than Caucasian | 7 |
| Americans and age-adjusted death rates for stroke are also | 8 |
| higher among African Americans; and
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| WHEREAS, Stroke is also a leading cause of serious | 10 |
| long-term disability; more than 1.1 million American adults | 11 |
| experience functional limitations and difficulty with | 12 |
| activities of daily living as a result of a stroke every year; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Despite the fact that Americans are now more aware | 15 |
| of stroke's risk factors and warning signs than in the past, | 16 |
| less than one in five adults can correctly classify all stroke | 17 |
| symptoms and warnings, which include sudden numbness or | 18 |
| weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of | 19 |
| the body, confusion, trouble speaking or understanding, | 20 |
| trouble seeing in one or both eyes, difficulty with walking, | 21 |
| dizziness, loss of balance or coordination, or a severe | 22 |
| headache with no known cause; and
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| WHEREAS, There is a need for a coordinated system of care | 2 |
| for stroke that addresses stroke care along a continuum of care | 3 |
| from primary prevention through rehabilitation to greatly | 4 |
| reduce the fragmentation of care and the burden of stroke; and
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| WHEREAS, Essential components of an effective coordinated | 6 |
| system of care for stroke include patient access to the full | 7 |
| range of services associated with stroke prevention, | 8 |
| treatment, and rehabilitation; such services include | 9 |
| primordial and primary prevention, timely notification of and | 10 |
| response by emergency medical service providers, acute | 11 |
| treatment, sub-acute care and secondary prevention, | 12 |
| rehabilitation, and continual quality improvement initiatives; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Timely recognition of the symptoms of stroke by | 15 |
| stroke victims, family members, the public, and emergency | 16 |
| medical service providers, which include, but are not limited | 17 |
| to, emergency medical responders, transport providers, and | 18 |
| hospital emergency room and health clinic personnel, is crucial | 19 |
| because the effects of stroke can be totally reversed if | 20 |
| recognized, diagnosed, and treated within three hours; and
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| WHEREAS, These groups can screen for stroke by remembering | 22 |
| the first three letters of the word "STR", and asking the | 23 |
| individual to Smile, Talk and speak a simple sentence |
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| coherently, and Raise both arms; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Another sign of stroke is noting whether an | 3 |
| individual's tongue is crooked or goes to one side; and
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| WHEREAS, A concerted focus toward the dissemination of this | 5 |
| type of information is one way to raise awareness about the | 6 |
| power of communities, especially communities of color, to | 7 |
| prevent stroke; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| encourage the members of the Illinois General Assembly and | 11 |
| other legislators across the country to partner with the | 12 |
| American Heart Association / American Stroke Association to | 13 |
| promote the Power to End Stroke program as a precursor to a | 14 |
| nationwide movement to address stroke as a serious health | 15 |
| disparity in African Americans in order to raise awareness that | 16 |
| uncontrolled high blood pressure and diabetes in African | 17 |
| Americans raises the risk for stroke and to promote adherence | 18 |
| to primary and secondary stroke prevention guidelines by | 19 |
| healthcare professionals; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That this body, in collaboration with the | 21 |
| American Heart Association / American Stroke Association, will | 22 |
| seek to introduce and enact policy that will create and/or |
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| expand
statewide coordinated systems of care for stroke, with | 2 |
| special focus and attention on timely access to care, | 3 |
| diagnosis, and the most advanced treatment for those most | 4 |
| disproportionately affected by stroke.
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