Bill Title: Encourages Illinois residents to visit cancerscreenweek.org for cancer screening resources and talk to their healthcare providers about their risk factors for all cancer types. Declares the first week of December 2019 as "Cancer Screen Week". Urges the Illinois General Assembly to take actions to evaluate current levels of funding for cancer screening in state medical assistance, public health, or standalone programs to ensure adequate funding is available for cancer screening and/or treatment services. Urges the Illinois General Assembly to identify and advance policies to increase rates of cancer screening and improve cancer screening awareness.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-02 - Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason [HR0063 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Margo McDermed [R]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-037	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joyce Mason [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8151	HD-061	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda LaVia [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-083	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle Mussman [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-3725	HD-056	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Ammons [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-558-1009	HD-103	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lawrence Walsh [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8090	HD-086	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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