Full Text of HR0666 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Approximately 32 million people in the United | 3 | | States have food allergies; Results from a 2015 to 2016 survey | 4 | | of more than 38,000 children indicated that 5.6 million | 5 | | children, or nearly 8%, have food allergies; that is one in 13 | 6 | | children, or roughly two in every classroom; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Children with food allergies are two to four times | 8 | | more likely to have other related conditions such as asthma and | 9 | | other allergies, compared with children without food | 10 | | allergies; this is of great importance as children with a | 11 | | coexisting food allergy and asthma may be more likely to | 12 | | experience anaphylactic reactions to foods and be at high risk | 13 | | of death; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Food allergy is a potentially serious immune | 15 | | response to eating specific foods or food additives; eight | 16 | | types of food (milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, | 17 | | soy, and wheat) account for over 90% of allergic reactions in | 18 | | affected individuals; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Reactions to these foods by an allergic person can | 20 | | range from a tingling sensation around the mouth and lips or | 21 | | hives to death, depending on the severity of the allergy; every | 22 | | three minutes a food allergy reaction sends someone to the |
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| 1 | | emergency room; each year in the U.S., 200,000 people require | 2 | | emergency medical care for allergic reactions to food; between | 3 | | 2007 and 2016, medical procedures to treat anaphylaxis | 4 | | resulting from food increased by 377%; more than 40% of | 5 | | children with food allergies have experienced a severe allergic | 6 | | reaction such as anaphylaxis; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The mechanisms by which a person develops an | 8 | | allergy to specific foods are largely unknown; food allergies | 9 | | are more prevalent in children than adults, and a majority of | 10 | | affected children will outgrow food allergies with age; | 11 | | children under age 5 years had higher rates of reported food | 12 | | allergy compared with children at 5 to 17 years of age; boys | 13 | | and girls had similar rates of food allergy; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, A food allergy can sometimes become a lifelong | 15 | | concern; food allergies can greatly affect children and their | 16 | | families' well-being; annually, caring for children with food | 17 | | allergies costs U.S. families nearly $25 billion; there are | 18 | | some indications that the prevalence of food allergies may be | 19 | | increasing in the United States and in other countries; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, A food allergy is an impairment that limits a | 21 | | major life activity and may qualify an individual for | 22 | | protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | 23 | | (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Increased food allergy awareness will lead to | 2 | | greater public understanding of these health problems and will | 3 | | lead to more life-saving research on the subject; therefore, be | 4 | | it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 6 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we declare May Food Allergy Awareness Month.
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