Full Text of HR0438 96th General Assembly
HR0438 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the pediatricians, | 4 |
| family physicians, nurse practitioners, staff, volunteers, and | 5 |
| supporters of the Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary | 6 |
| Care (EDOPC) project on the occasion of being the recipients of | 7 |
| the 2008 Summit Award from the American Society of Association | 8 |
| Executives (ASAE) and the Associations Advance America (AAA) | 9 |
| Committee of the Center for Association Leadership; and
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| WHEREAS, The EDOPC project is a collaborative partnership | 11 |
| between the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of | 12 |
| Pediatrics (ICAAP), the Advocate Health System's Healthy Steps | 13 |
| for Young Children Program, the Illinois Academy of Family | 14 |
| Physicians (IAFP), the Ounce of Prevention Fund, the Illinois | 15 |
| Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and multiple | 16 |
| private foundations to improve the health and development of | 17 |
| Illinois children; and
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| WHEREAS, The EDOPC project has sought to increase primary | 19 |
| care providers' use of validated tools for developmental | 20 |
| screening, socioemotional screening, and maternal depression | 21 |
| screening; the project also seeks to raise awareness of | 22 |
| symptoms of autism during pediatric visits with children under | 23 |
| the age of 3 and has recently added promotion of screening for |
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| domestic violence, another family risk factor that impacts | 2 |
| child development; and
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| WHEREAS, Such developmental screening by means of a | 4 |
| validated developmental screening tool has been demonstrated | 5 |
| to appropriately address the social and emotional needs of | 6 |
| families and improve rates of identification of developmental | 7 |
| delay and referrals to the early intervention program, | 8 |
| providing critical notice of development problems before it is | 9 |
| too late; and
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| WHEREAS, The EDOPC project has had a profoundly positive | 11 |
| impact on pediatric primary care providers, enabling these | 12 |
| providers to have greater knowledge of key developmental | 13 |
| topics, have greater confidence during the identification | 14 |
| process, overcome barriers to the implementation of routine | 15 |
| screening, and increase the frequency of screening tool use and | 16 |
| subsequent referrals; and
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| WHEREAS, The EDOPC project has initiated another | 18 |
| three-year phase, taking place from 2008 to 2010, that will | 19 |
| provide for outreach to additional pediatric and family | 20 |
| practice providers in the State and further address barriers to | 21 |
| care coordination and entry into services; this phase will | 22 |
| foster more "medical homeness" and patient-centered care; | 23 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate the pediatricians, family physicians, nurse | 4 |
| practitioners, staff, volunteers, and supporters of the | 5 |
| Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care project on the | 6 |
| occasion of being the recipients of the 2008 Summit Award and | 7 |
| wish them continued success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the lead organizations of the EDOPC project as a | 10 |
| symbol of our esteem and respect.
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