Full Text of HR0924 93rd General Assembly
HR0924 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| facilitating state-wide implementation; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent | 21 |
| to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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