Full Text of HR0391 96th General Assembly
HR0391 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The National Black Caucus of State Legislators | 3 |
| (NBCSL) recognizes that stroke is the third leading cause of | 4 |
| death in the United States; each year over 160,000 Americans | 5 |
| die from strokes; African-Americans are two times more likely | 6 |
| to suffer a first-ever stroke than Caucasian Americans; and age | 7 |
| adjusted death rates for stroke are also higher among | 8 |
| African-Americans; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Stroke is also a leading cause of serious | 10 |
| long-term disability, and more than 1.1 million American adults | 11 |
| yearly experience functional limitations and difficulty with | 12 |
| activities of daily living as a result of a stroke; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Despite the fact that Americans are now more aware | 14 |
| of stroke's risk factors and warning signs than in the past, | 15 |
| less than one in five adults can correctly classify all stroke | 16 |
| symptoms and warnings, including: | 17 |
| sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arms, or legs, | 18 |
| especially on one side of the body; | 19 |
| confusion, trouble speaking, or understanding; | 20 |
| trouble seeing in one or both eyes; | 21 |
| trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, or | 22 |
| coordination; and | 23 |
| severe 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 | 5 |
| 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, including: | 9 |
| primordial and primary prevention; | 10 |
| timely notification of and response by emergency | 11 |
| medical service providers; | 12 |
| acute treatment; | 13 |
| sub-acute care and secondary prevention; and | 14 |
| rehabilitation
Continual quality improvement | 15 |
| initiatives; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Timely recognition of the symptoms of stroke by | 17 |
| stroke victims, family members, the public, and emergency | 18 |
| medical service providers, including, but not limited to, | 19 |
| emergency medical responders, transport providers, and | 20 |
| hospital emergency room and health clinic personnel, is crucial | 21 |
| because the effects of stroke can be totally reversed if | 22 |
| recognized, diagnosed, and treated within three hours; and
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| WHEREAS, These groups can screen for stroke by remembering | 2 |
| the first three letters of the word "STR," and asking the | 3 |
| individual to: | 4 |
| smile; | 5 |
| talk and speak a simple sentence coherently; and | 6 |
| raise both arms; and
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| WHEREAS, Another sign of stroke is noting whether an | 8 |
| individual's tongue is crooked or goes to one side; and
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| WHEREAS, A concerted focus on the dissemination of this | 10 |
| type of information is one way to raise awareness about the | 11 |
| power of communities, especially communities of color, to | 12 |
| prevent stroke; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| encourage NBCSL members and other legislators across the | 16 |
| country to: partner with the American Heart Association and | 17 |
| American Stroke Association to promote the Power to End Stroke | 18 |
| program as a precursor to a nationwide movement to address | 19 |
| stroke as a serious health disparity in African-Americans; | 20 |
| raise awareness that uncontrolled high blood pressure and | 21 |
| diabetes in African-Americans raises the risk for stroke; and | 22 |
| promote adherence to primary and secondary stroke prevention | 23 |
| guidelines by healthcare professionals; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we encourage NBCSL members, in | 2 |
| collaboration with the American Hearth Association and | 3 |
| American Stroke Association, to seek to introduce and enact | 4 |
| policy that will create and expand Statewide coordinated | 5 |
| systems of care for stroke, with special focus and attention on | 6 |
| timely access to care, diagnosis, and the most advanced | 7 |
| treatment for those most disproportionately affected by | 8 |
| stroke.
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