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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Each year in Illinois, violent acts claim the
3 lives of many Illinois residents; the reduction of violence
4 needs to be a priority for the State of Illinois; information
5 related to the incidents of violent death can assist health
6 care professionals, law enforcement officials, and other
7 government officials in developing public policy to reduce
8 violence against Illinois residents; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is
10 considering applications to expand the National Violent Death
11 Reporting System (NVDRS); and
 
12     WHEREAS, Data related to violent deaths are typically
13 housed in multiple agencies and are not shared among agencies
14 for analysis, resulting in incomplete information and a
15 distorted understanding of local, state, and national issues
16 related to violent deaths; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The NVDRS brings together data from all agencies
18 investigating violent deaths to allow the fullest possible
19 understanding of trends in violent deaths from data that is
20 already being collected; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Since 2002 the Center for Disease Control and
22 Prevention has funded 13 states in the first phase of
23 development of the National Violent Death Reporting System and
24 this year will fund 2 or 3 additional states; and
 
25     WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Public Health has
26 agreed to participate in the 2004 application for funding, with
27 the Chicago Department of Public Health taking the lead in the
28 first phase of the Illinois Violent Death Reporting System
29 (IVDRS) and the Child Health Data Lab at Children's Memorial
30 Hospital playing a supporting role by evaluating the system and

 

 

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1 facilitating state-wide implementation; and
 
2     WHEREAS, The Department of Public Health, the State Police,
3 the Chicago Department of Public Health, the Chicago Police
4 Department, the Cook County Medical Examiner, the Peoria County
5 Sheriff, the Peoria County Coroner, the Winnebago County
6 Coroner, the City of Rockford Police, and the Illinois Child
7 Death Review Team have all agreed to participate in data
8 sharing for the IVDRS; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The purpose of the IVDRS is to establish a
10 state-wide violent death reporting system to analyze deaths
11 caused by homicide, suicide, unintentional firearm injuries,
12 and acts of terrorism, and to develop and evaluate preventative
13 measures as well as to identify emerging trends in violent
14 deaths in Illinois; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
17 urge the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to grant
18 funding for the Illinois Violent Death Reporting System; and be
19 it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent
21 to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.