Full Text of HR0984 98th General Assembly
HR0984 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Laxative abuse occurs when a person attempts to | 3 | | get rid of unwanted calories, lose weight, "feel thin", or | 4 | | "feel empty" through the repeated, frequent use of laxatives; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The belief that laxatives are effective for weight | 7 | | control is a myth; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Often, laxatives are misused following eating | 9 | | binges, when the individual mistakenly believes that the | 10 | | laxatives will work to rush food and calories through the gut | 11 | | and bowels before they can be absorbed; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Laxative abuse is serious and dangerous - often | 13 | | resulting in a variety of health complications and sometimes | 14 | | causing life-threatening conditions; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, According to the National Institute of Mental | 16 | | Health, 2.7% of American teens aged 13-18 suffer from a severe | 17 | | eating disorder; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Research shows that 10 to 60% of people with | 19 | | eating disorders also abuse laxatives; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, According to a study done by the American Journal | 2 | | of Psychiatry, mortality rates for eating disorders were 4% for | 3 | | anorexia nervosa, 3.9% for bulimia nervosa, and 5.2% for eating | 4 | | disorders not otherwise specified; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Teens who are expected to achieve significantly | 6 | | low weights due to athletics have also been known to abuse | 7 | | laxatives in order to reduce the water weight in their body | 8 | | before performances and weigh-ins; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Laxatives as a drug have the properties of | 10 | | tolerance and withdrawal, allowing users to become dependent on | 11 | | them; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Food and Drug Administration has issued a | 13 | | warning about the use of sodium phosphate laxatives; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Overcoming laxative abuse requires working with a | 15 | | team of health professionals who have expertise in treating | 16 | | eating disorders, including a general physician, a | 17 | | psychiatrist, psychologist or counselor, and a registered | 18 | | dietician; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | there is created the Task Force on Laxative Abuse within the |
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| 1 | | Department of Human Services Division of Alcoholism and | 2 | | Substance Abuse to develop a statewide plan to prevent the | 3 | | abuse of laxatives, particularly among minors; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That the members of Task Force shall be appointed | 6 | | by the Secretary of Human Services no later than July 1, 2014; | 7 | | the Task Force shall include: | 8 | | (1) the Director of the Department of Human Services | 9 | | Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse or his or her | 10 | | designee; | 11 | | (2) the Director of the Department of Public Health or his | 12 | | or her designee; | 13 | | (3) the Superintendent of the State Board of Education or | 14 | | his or her designee; | 15 | | (4) two persons from families effected by eating disorders | 16 | | or laxative abuse; | 17 | | (5) two persons who are recovering from an eating disorder | 18 | | or laxative abuse; | 19 | | (6) two persons representing a national eating disorders | 20 | | association; | 21 | | (7) two persons representing statewide associations | 22 | | representing nurses; | 23 | | (8) two persons representing statewide education | 24 | | associations; | 25 | | (9) one person representing a statewide organization |
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| 1 | | representing pediatricians; | 2 | | (10) one person representing a statewide organization | 3 | | representing family physicians; | 4 | | (11) one person representing a statewide organization | 5 | | representing psychiatrists; | 6 | | (12) one person representing a statewide association | 7 | | representing retailers; and | 8 | | (13) one person representing a statewide association | 9 | | representing merchants; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Human Services shall | 11 | | facilitate the Task Force and provide the Task Force with | 12 | | administrative support; the Department shall convene the Task | 13 | | Force at least three times and issue a report with findings and | 14 | | recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor no | 15 | | later than January 1, 2015; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to the Governor and the Secretary of the Department | 18 | | of Human Services.
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