Full Text of SR0048 96th General Assembly
SR0048 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Primary Health Care Association is | 3 |
| the sole trade association representing all of Illinois' | 4 |
| Federally Qualified Health Centers; and
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| WHEREAS, Federally Qualified Health Centers are nonprofit, | 6 |
| community-owned and operated health providers serving | 7 |
| uninsured and medically underserved people in our community; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Illinois Federally Qualified Health Centers serve | 10 |
| as the medical home for over 1 million people at more than 300 | 11 |
| sites statewide, providing access to primary, dental and mental | 12 |
| health care; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Federally Qualified Health Centers expand access | 14 |
| to affordable, high quality, cost-effective health care to all | 15 |
| people, regardless of ability to pay, and contain health care | 16 |
| costs by fostering prevention and integrating the delivery of | 17 |
| primary care with aggressive outreach, patient education, | 18 |
| translation and other enabling services; and
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| WHEREAS, In Illinois, 1.4 million individuals lack access | 20 |
| to health insurance coverage; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Primary Health Care Association has | 2 |
| proposed a plan called "ACCESS ILLINOIS" to provide a medical | 3 |
| home to 2 million insured and uninsured patients by 2015; and
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| WHEREAS, This plan will generate substantial benefits for | 5 |
| the State of Illinois and all its residents; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we fully support the | 8 |
| goals of the Illinois Primary Health Care Association's ACCESS | 9 |
| ILLINOIS plan; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we stand together to do our part in | 11 |
| preserving, strengthening, and expanding Federally Qualified | 12 |
| Health Centers in our State; and be it further | 13 |
| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate does hereby recognize | 14 |
| the valued contributions of Federally Qualified Health Centers | 15 |
| in expanding access to health care and improving the health and | 16 |
| well being of the citizens of the great State of Illinois; and | 17 |
| be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent | 19 |
| to the Illinois Primary Health Care Association.
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