Full Text of HR0954 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is | 3 | | an umbrella term used to describe airflow obstruction that is | 4 | | associated mainly with emphysema and chronic bronchitis; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, COPD affects an estimated 24 million individuals | 6 | | in the United States, and kills more than 120,000 Americans a | 7 | | year; on average, one person dies from COPD every 4 minutes; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, the National Center for Health Statistics | 10 | | releases a report stating that, in 2008, COPD became the third | 11 | | leading cause of death in the United States; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, COPD currently accounts for 1.5 million emergency | 13 | | room visits, 726,000 hospitalizations, and 8 million physician | 14 | | office and hospital outpatient visits, all of which are | 15 | | detrimental to the United States economy; COPD costs the nation | 16 | | an estimated $42.6 billion in direct and indirect medical costs | 17 | | annually; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The 2010 Illinois Behavioral Risk Factor | 19 | | Surveillance Survey revealed that over 440,000 Illinoisans | 20 | | have been diagnosed with COPD; it is estimated that another | 21 | | 440,000 have yet to be diagnosed; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois COPD Coalition, convened by the | 2 | | Respiratory Health Association, continues to implement the | 3 | | State Plan for Addressing COPD, a plan that outlines | 4 | | sustainable solutions to improve care and treatment and to | 5 | | prevent and reduce the prevalence of the disease in Illinois; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Research has identified a hereditary protein | 8 | | deficiency called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin; people with this | 9 | | deficiency tend to develop COPD, despite the lack of exposure | 10 | | to smoking and environmental triggers; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Recently, the death rate for women with COPD has | 12 | | surpassed the death rate of men with COPD; women over the age | 13 | | of 40 are the fastest growing segment of the population to | 14 | | develop this irreversible disease, due in large part to the | 15 | | equalization of opportunity for men and women to smoke over the | 16 | | past several generations; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, There is currently no cure for COPD; spirometry | 18 | | testing and medical treatments, such as pulmonary | 19 | | rehabilitation, exist to address symptom relief and possibly | 20 | | slow progression of the disease; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Until there is a cure, the best approaches to |
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| 1 | | preventing COPD and its considerable health, societal, and | 2 | | mortality impacts lie in education, awareness, and expanded | 3 | | delivery of detection and management protocols; therefore, be | 4 | | it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we designate the month of November as COPD Awareness Month in | 8 | | the State of Illinois and urge the citizens of this State to | 9 | | become more aware of COPD and its effects.
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