Full Text of HR0964 93rd General Assembly
HR0964 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to recognize Barbara B. Dallas of | 4 |
| Murphysboro on the occasion of her retirement from the Illinois | 5 |
| Hospital Association after almost 25 years of representing the | 6 |
| interests of and advocating on behalf of the 90 small rural | 7 |
| Illinois hospitals; and
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| WHEREAS, As a collaborator and initiator, she has played a | 9 |
| founding role in such organizations as the Illinois Rural | 10 |
| Health Association and the Illinois Critical Access Hospital | 11 |
| Network; where she sees the need, she brings people together to | 12 |
| address the need and better the future; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Ms. Dallas has over the years made many | 14 |
| contributions to rural health including spearheading the | 15 |
| Illinois Health Association 1997 Rural Hospitals' Transitional | 16 |
| Models Initiative and the 2000 Community Transition Project; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Dallas is a charter board member and past | 19 |
| president of the Illinois Rural Health Association; she is a | 20 |
| past member of the Governor's Delta Advisory Council and the | 21 |
| Rural Partners Board, and has had various roles with other | 22 |
| organizations, such as the Rural Affairs Council, the Illinois | 23 |
| Area Health Education Center, Southern Illinois University | 24 |
| School of Medicine, the University of Illinois College of | 25 |
| Medicine, and the Illinois Farm Bureau; in addition, she has | 26 |
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frequent contributor to national, state, and regional | 27 |
| publications on rural health issues; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, Ms. Dallas has received many awards and honors, | 29 |
| including the IRHA 2003 Rural Health Worker of the Year Award; | 30 |
| she was a Presidential Award recipient in 1991, 1992, 1997, and | 31 |
| 2003, and won the Service Award in 1996; and she was also |
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| presented with the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Special | 2 |
| Recognition Award for 2004; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS,
Her knowledge and education of hospital CEOs and | 4 |
| boards of trustee has lead Illinois to have one of the highest | 5 |
| success rates in maintaining access to quality healthcare in | 6 |
| rural areas; she has encouraged communities to realize the | 7 |
| transition they have experienced in healthcare and move to | 8 |
| Critical Access Hospital designation where appropriate; the | 9 |
| educational material she has produced, Leadership and Action in | 10 |
| Transition, is recognized and used in Illinois and in several | 11 |
| other states including Arkansas, Arizona, Mississippi and | 12 |
| Texas; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, The growth, care, and development of the Small and | 14 |
| Rural Hospital Constituency Section of the Illinois Hospital | 15 |
| Association over the past twenty-five years has been a labor of | 16 |
| love for Barbara Dallas and a contribution of major | 17 |
| significance; her most significant contribution may be in the | 18 |
| number of administrators and members of hospital boards for | 19 |
| whom she has been a trusted advisor and friend; therefore, be | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 23 |
| congratulate Barbara B. Dallas on her retirement after many | 24 |
| years of hard work and dedication on behalf of small rural | 25 |
| Illinois hospitals; and we wish her good health and happiness | 26 |
| in all of her future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to Barbara B. Dallas as an expression of our respect | 29 |
| and esteem.
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