Full Text of HR0870 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, After 26 years of service, Honey Jacobs Skinner is | 3 | | retiring from her position as a Strategic Advisor and | 4 | | Consultant to the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital | 5 | | of Chicago (Lurie Children's), formerly known as Children's | 6 | | Memorial Hospital; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has served with remarkable | 8 | | effectiveness, great distinction, and honor in the field of | 9 | | healthcare, government relations, and legal services; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has been an indispensable and | 11 | | indefatigable advocate for Lurie Children's and for the health | 12 | | and well-being of children; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has fought tirelessly to | 14 | | protect access to care for all children, including those who | 15 | | lack resources, those insured by Medicaid, those that are | 16 | | immigrants, and children with medical complexity; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has staunchly advocated in | 18 | | support of the teaching, research, clinical, and advocacy | 19 | | pillars of Lurie Children's; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Honey Jacobs Skinner has had a direct and positive |
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| 1 | | impact on the health and well-being of Illinois children by | 2 | | virtue of her advocacy efforts on behalf of Lurie Children's to | 3 | | prevent HIV/AIDS, obesity, injury, violence, and access to | 4 | | tobacco, to promote immunizations, access to mental health | 5 | | services, access to early intervention, and appropriate use of | 6 | | antibiotics to prevent antibiotic resistance, and to improve | 7 | | the lives of children affected by food allergies and | 8 | | anaphylaxis; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we, along with Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of | 12 | | Chicago, her family, and her friends, thank and honor Honey | 13 | | Jacobs Skinner for her tireless and successful advocacy on | 14 | | behalf of the public interest and on behalf of Lurie Children's | 15 | | and extend our heartiest congratulations to her on the occasion | 16 | | of her retirement; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Honey Jacobs Skinner and the Ann and Robert H. | 19 | | Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago as a symbol of our | 20 | | gratitude and greatest hopes on her future endeavors.
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