Full Text of HR0817 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, School nurses are the healthcare experts in | 3 | | schools and are often the only healthcare provider that many | 4 | | students encounter; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, School nurses have demonstrated their essential | 6 | | role in the school system as they mitigated the impact of the | 7 | | COVID-19 pandemic; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, School nurses have been on the front lines of | 9 | | bridging health care and education, providing care | 10 | | coordination, and advocating for quality student-centered | 11 | | care; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Students turn to the school nurse for both | 13 | | physical and emotional safety needs; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, School nurses are often the first to identify a | 15 | | medical issue that is impacting a student's learning; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, School nurses promote access to services in | 17 | | underserved communities, often times not only providing | 18 | | services to individual school children but also serving as a | 19 | | resource to students and families in addressing social | 20 | | determinants of health such as homelessness; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, According to the National Survey on Children's | 2 | | Health, 40% of school aged children have at least one chronic | 3 | | health condition, which are often discovered and managed daily | 4 | | by school nurses; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, There are no requirements for school districts to | 6 | | employ school nurses, and therefore, the hiring requirements | 7 | | and parameters around the roles of school nurses vary widely; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, This lack of formalized hiring practices and | 10 | | parameters equates to a lack of information about schools that | 11 | | hire school nurses, such as how school nurses are utilized and | 12 | | the number of schools that school nurses are required to | 13 | | oversee; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education provides | 15 | | oversight to schools in Illinois and already collects data | 16 | | from these schools; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education has a | 18 | | department that focuses on coordinated reporting, data | 19 | | collection, data implementation sharing, and analyzing data | 20 | | for policy and strategic planning; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we recognize the vital role of school nurses in providing | 4 | | health care to the students of Illinois; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois State Board of | 6 | | Education to partner with the Illinois Association of School | 7 | | Nurses to complete a School Nursing Capacity Study in | 8 | | Illinois; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That we recommend that the School Nursing | 10 | | Capacity Study in Illinois should include, but not be limited | 11 | | to, ascertaining who is providing health care to school | 12 | | children in Illinois schools, determining credentials of the | 13 | | nurses currently providing care, determining the number of | 14 | | schools in which each nurse is required to provide healthcare | 15 | | services in each school district, and determining what | 16 | | policies are in place to provide healthcare services and by | 17 | | whom if a school nurse is not present in the building; and be | 18 | | it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize that the purpose of this study | 20 | | is to provide more in-depth data with the overall goal of | 21 | | utilizing the data to develop a model for healthcare services | 22 | | provided in schools that can address specific needs of each | 23 | | community, focusing on students that do not have access to |
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| 1 | | care outside of the schools; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois State Board of | 3 | | Education to report its findings to the General Assembly no | 4 | | later than January 10, 2023.
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