Full Text of HR0418 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Leading health and nutrition experts agree that | 3 | | nutrition status is a direct measure of patient health
and that | 4 | | good nutrition and good patient health can keep people healthy | 5 | | and out of institutionalized health
care facilities, thus | 6 | | reducing healthcare costs; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Inadequate or unbalanced nutrition, known as | 8 | | malnutrition, is not routinely viewed as a medical
concern in | 9 | | the U.S., and that malnutrition is particularly prevalent in | 10 | | vulnerable populations, such as older
adults, hospitalized | 11 | | patients, or minority populations that statistically shoulder | 12 | | the highest incidences of the
most severe chronic illnesses | 13 | | such as diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Illness, injury, and malnutrition can result in | 16 | | the loss of lean body mass, leading to complications
that | 17 | | impact good patient health outcomes, including recovery from | 18 | | surgery, illness, or disease; the elderly lose
lean body mass | 19 | | more quickly and to a greater extent than younger adults and | 20 | | weight assessment (body weight
and body mass index) can | 21 | | overlook accurate indicators of lean body mass; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, The American Nursing Association defines |
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| 1 | | therapeutic nutrition as the administration of food
and fluids | 2 | | to support the metabolic processes of a patient who is | 3 | | malnourished or at high risk of becoming
malnourished; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Access to therapeutic nutrition is critical in | 5 | | restoring lean body mass such that it resolves malnutrition
| 6 | | challenges and, in turn, improves clinical outcomes, reduces | 7 | | health care costs, and can keep people and our
communities | 8 | | healthy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Despite the recognized link between good | 10 | | nutrition and good health, nutritional screening and
| 11 | | therapeutic nutrition treatments have not been incorporated as | 12 | | routine medical treatments across the spectrum
of health care; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we encourage states
that provide Medicaid coverage to examine | 17 | | the benefits of routine nutritional screening and therapeutic
| 18 | | nutrition treatment for those who are malnourished or at risk | 19 | | for malnutrition, as well as examine the benefits
of nutrition | 20 | | screening and therapeutic nutrition treatment as part of the | 21 | | standard for evidenced-based hospital
care; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That we support an increased emphasis on |
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| 1 | | nutrition through the
reauthorization of the Older Americans | 2 | | Act, as well as for Medicare beneficiaries, to improve their | 3 | | disease
management and health outcomes; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage preventive and wellness | 5 | | services, such as
counseling for obesity and chronic disease | 6 | | management, to be a part of the Essential Health Benefits | 7 | | package
included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care | 8 | | Act; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 10 | | the President of the United States,
the Vice-President of the | 11 | | United States, members of the Illinois delegation of United | 12 | | States House of Representatives, Illinois Senators Richard J. | 13 | | Durbin and Mark Kirk, and other federal and state government | 14 | | officials as appropriate.
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