Full Text of HR0793 94th General Assembly
HR0793 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network is celebrating | 3 |
| its new diabetes management program in 20 community health | 4 |
| centers, benefiting more than 6,000 low-income, often | 5 |
| uninsured diabetic patients; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network was named the 2005 | 7 |
| Chicago Benefits recipient and received a $100,000 grant from | 8 |
| Humana to fund its diabetes management program for low-income | 9 |
| patients; the program is based upon a successful pilot project | 10 |
| in six health centers; the grant will expand the project and | 11 |
| will reach more than 6,000 diabetic patients with medical care, | 12 |
| health education, and self-management tools to reduce their | 13 |
| HbA1c scores to the recommended level of 7.0 or less; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network, is the nation's | 15 |
| largest network of community health centers, serving 175,000 | 16 |
| low income patients each year; 93% of the agency's patients are | 17 |
| African-American or Latino/a, and one-third are uninsured; | 18 |
| more than 99% of the organization's patients live at or below | 19 |
| 200% of the poverty level; about 61% of the organization's | 20 |
| patients are Medicaid beneficiaries, and 4% are enrolled in | 21 |
| Medicare; Access Community Health Network's quality of care is | 22 |
| among the top 10% in the nation; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network was founded in the | 24 |
| 1980s by Mount Sinai Hospital, which serves Chicago's highly | 25 |
| impoverished North Lawndale community; in 1991, the | 26 |
| organization became a separately incorporated 501(c)3 | 27 |
| organization with nine clinics, its own management team, and a | 28 |
| patient-majority Board of Directors; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network's goal for its | 30 |
| diabetes management program is to decrease HbA1c scores; | 31 |
| diabetes is one of our nation's greatest health risks, |
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| affecting approximately 18.2 million people in the United | 2 |
| States, roughly 6.2% of the population; it is associated with | 3 |
| heart disease, chronic kidney problems, blindness, and | 4 |
| amputations and is the fifth leading cause of death among | 5 |
| women, the sixth among men, and the seventh leading cause of | 6 |
| death in Chicago; diabetes is particularly devastating for | 7 |
| people of color and low-income people, Access Community | 8 |
| Network's target population; and
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| WHEREAS, Today, Access Community Health Network is the | 10 |
| largest health provider in the region, with the sole exception | 11 |
| of the Cook County Department of Public Health; Access | 12 |
| Community Health Network's 44 health centers serve one out of | 13 |
| five of Chicago's and one out of ten of the suburbs' uninsured | 14 |
| patients; the organization's 170 board certified physicians | 15 |
| are complemented by 300 RNs, LCSWs, medical assistants, health | 16 |
| educators, case managers, and outreach specialists; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network's patients | 18 |
| benefit from nationally recognized partnerships with community | 19 |
| mental health and substance abuse treatment providers, social | 20 |
| service agencies, dentists, and seven hospitals (including | 21 |
| Mount Sinai); therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we congratulate Access Community Health Network on the occasion | 25 |
| of celebrating the expansion of its diabetes management | 26 |
| program; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to Access Community Health Network as an expression | 29 |
| of our esteem.
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