Full Text of HR1237 096th General Assembly
HR1237 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Every year in the United States, on average, more | 3 |
| than 200,000 people are hospitalized from influenza-related | 4 |
| complications and about 36,000 people, primarily in the elderly | 5 |
| population, die from influenza-related causes; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The most effective strategy for preventing | 7 |
| influenza is annual vaccination; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, School-aged children ages 5 to 19 years have the | 9 |
| highest rates of influenza infection and school-aged children | 10 |
| are the major vectors for influenza transmission that spread | 11 |
| the virus to adults and the elderly in the community, causing | 12 |
| substantial socioeconomic impact; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and | 14 |
| Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | 15 |
| recommends universal influenza vaccination of all individuals; | 16 |
| and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Influenza vaccination rates for school-aged | 18 |
| children are extremely low, ranging from 21.1% (high-risk) to | 19 |
| 33% (healthy) during the 2006 to 2007 influenza season, and new | 20 |
| immunization strategies are needed to improve vaccination in | 21 |
| this population; and |
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| WHEREAS, The potential threat of an influenza pandemic | 2 |
| underscores the importance of building school-based | 3 |
| vaccination infrastructure as federal pandemic preparedness | 4 |
| plans call for the vaccination with the pandemic vaccine of an | 5 |
| unprecedented number of children, potentially in the school | 6 |
| setting; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, School-based influenza vaccination programs have | 8 |
| grown substantially in recent years and have been particularly | 9 |
| successful in schools in which a majority of children qualify | 10 |
| for vaccine though the federal Vaccines for Children program; | 11 |
| and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, A barrier in school-based influenza vaccination | 13 |
| programs is the reimbursement of vaccine to children who have | 14 |
| private insurance that covers influenza vaccine but does not | 15 |
| recognize the school-setting as a point of service for | 16 |
| administration of the vaccine; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Private insurance's recognition of alternative | 18 |
| delivery venues, such as schools, for the administration of | 19 |
| influenza vaccine would increase access for all school-aged | 20 |
| children to receive vaccination to protect themselves and their | 21 |
| communities from influenza; therefore, be it |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| urge the Department of Public Health to work with the Director | 4 |
| of Insurance, private insurers, and vaccine stakeholders to | 5 |
| coordinate the accessibility of coverage for children who have | 6 |
| private insurance that covers influenza vaccination for all | 7 |
| reasonable and customary expenses, including the cost of the | 8 |
| vaccine and the administration fee, incurred when influenza | 9 |
| vaccine is administered outside of the physician's office in a | 10 |
| school or other related setting; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the Director of Public Health and the Director of | 13 |
| Insurance.
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