Full Text of HR0946 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Ann Hilton Fisher on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement as Executive Director of the AIDS | 5 | | Legal Council of Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher earned her Bachelor of Arts in | 7 | | Sociology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1969 | 8 | | and her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School in | 9 | | Detroit, Michigan in 1977; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After clerking in the United States Court of | 11 | | Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1978 to 1980, Ann Hilton | 12 | | Fisher served as a staff attorney at the Legal Assistance | 13 | | Foundation's office in Chicago from 1980 to 1986; she | 14 | | subsequently served as a senior attorney for the Legal | 15 | | Assistance Foundation's Disability Law Project from 1987 to | 16 | | 1994 before working as a supervisor for the Legal Assistance | 17 | | Foundation's HIV Law Project from 1994 to 1997; in July of | 18 | | 1997, she was selected to serve as Executive Director of the | 19 | | AIDS Legal Council of Chicago, where she remained until her | 20 | | retirement; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, During Ann Hilton Fisher's tenure at the AIDS | 22 | | Legal Council of Chicago, the organization's staff has doubled, |
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| 1 | | the budget has greatly increased, and the number of cases has | 2 | | increased to approximately 1,500 per year; under her | 3 | | leadership, new projects were created at the AIDS Legal Council | 4 | | of Chicago assisting HIV+ immigrants, HIV-impacted families, | 5 | | HIV+ youth, and clients who want to return to work from | 6 | | disability; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher has used her advocacy skills to | 8 | | benefit seniors and persons with disabilities; she helped to | 9 | | initiate and lead the effort to raise Medicaid eligibility in | 10 | | Illinois from 41% of the federal poverty level to 100%, | 11 | | resulting in almost 100,000 seniors and persons with | 12 | | disabilities in Illinois becoming newly eligible for Medicaid; | 13 | | she also worked with a coalition to repeal Illinois's HIV | 14 | | Principal Notification law; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher has been a well-respected | 16 | | trainer of many social service agencies, law schools, medical | 17 | | clinics, bar association committees, HIV+ support groups, and | 18 | | other organizations on many complex legal issues, including | 19 | | Medicare Part D pharmaceutical programs and issues surrounding | 20 | | the Affordable Care Act; she has also been the author of | 21 | | numerous publications and lectures dealing with a wide range of | 22 | | legal topics; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher has been the recipient of |
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| 1 | | numerous awards and recognitions from numerous civic and legal | 2 | | organizations, including the Illinois State Bar Association, | 3 | | the Chicago Bar Association, the Hearts Foundation, the | 4 | | Illinois Lawyers Trust Fund, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, | 5 | | the Council for Disability Rights, and the Legal Assistance | 6 | | Foundation of Chicago; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher has volunteered as a docent at | 8 | | the historic Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago since
2010, | 9 | | gladly offering visitors a tour of the church and its famed | 10 | | Tiffany stained glass windows; she is an avid
birdwatcher, a | 11 | | proud lifelong Yooper, and a lover of photography who routinely | 12 | | delights her friends with her candid
street scenes and lovely | 13 | | pictures of nature; she is a friend and mentor to her staff, a | 14 | | champion for her clients, and an
admired and respected partner | 15 | | in advocacy for the rights of people with HIV, seniors, and | 16 | | persons with disabilities; therefore, be it | 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate Ann Hilton Fisher on the occasion of her | 20 | | retirement and wish her continued success and happiness in the | 21 | | future; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 | | presented to Ann Hilton Fisher as a symbol of our esteem and |
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