Bill Text: IL HR0063 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0063-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In 2019, the American Cancer Society estimates | ||||||
| 3 | that more than 600,000 people will lose their lives to cancer | ||||||
| 4 | in the United States; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that 24,410 | ||||||
| 6 | people in Illinois will die from cancer in 2019; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The National Cancer Institute estimates that from | ||||||
| 8 | 18,000 to 210,000 deaths in the United States could be avoided | ||||||
| 9 | with prevention and early detection; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The cancer death rate dropped 25 percent between | ||||||
| 11 | 1991 and 2014 because of reductions in smoking and advances in | ||||||
| 12 | early detection and treatment; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Specifically, according to the American Cancer | ||||||
| 14 | Society, the five-year relative survival rate for cancers found | ||||||
| 15 | at the local stage are about 55 percent of lung cancers, 90 | ||||||
| 16 | percent of colon and rectum cancers, 91 percent of cervical | ||||||
| 17 | cancers, 99 percent of breast, and 98 percent for melanoma of | ||||||
| 18 | the skin cancers; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Many of these cancers are often preventable, and | ||||||
| 20 | early detection and treatment are critical as cancer does not | ||||||
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| 1 | always cause symptoms and may occur in people with no family | ||||||
| 2 | history; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Specific cancer types disproportionately affect | ||||||
| 4 | different populations; for example, breast cancer is the most | ||||||
| 5 | common form of cancer among Black women, prostate cancer rates | ||||||
| 6 | in Black men are double those of other men, and the likelihood | ||||||
| 7 | of developing colorectal cancer for Alaska Natives is about | ||||||
| 8 | double that of other Americans; cervical cancer is more | ||||||
| 9 | prevalent among Hispanic and African-American women; two out of | ||||||
| 10 | three people diagnosed with lung cancer are 65 or older; | ||||||
| 11 | melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is among the most | ||||||
| 12 | common cancers in young adults; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control | ||||||
| 14 | and Prevention, rates of screening for many cancer types in | ||||||
| 15 | recommended populations remain substantially below Healthy | ||||||
| 16 | People 2020 targets; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, It is critical to reinforce the need for people to | ||||||
| 18 | discuss their individual risk factors for cancer with their | ||||||
| 19 | healthcare providers and understand the recommendations for, | ||||||
| 20 | and benefits of, cancer screening; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, For those individuals who are found through | ||||||
| 22 | screening to have cancer, they are presented with clear and | ||||||
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| 1 | complete options for further diagnostic or molecular testing | ||||||
| 2 | and treatment by their healthcare providers; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | all citizens of Illinois are encouraged to visit | ||||||
| 6 | cancerscreenweek.org for cancer screening resources and talk | ||||||
| 7 | to their healthcare providers about their risk factors for all | ||||||
| 8 | cancer types including, but not limited to, breast, cervical, | ||||||
| 9 | colon, lung, prostate, and skin cancers, as well as recommended | ||||||
| 10 | screening options; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That we declare the first week of December 2019 | ||||||
| 12 | as "Cancer Screen Week" in the State of Illinois; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois General Assembly is urged to | ||||||
| 15 | take actions to evaluate current levels of funding for cancer | ||||||
| 16 | screening in state medical assistance, public health, or | ||||||
| 17 | standalone programs to ensure adequate funding is available for | ||||||
| 18 | cancer screening and/or treatment services; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois General Assembly is urged to | ||||||
| 20 | identify and advance policies to increase rates of cancer | ||||||
| 21 | screening and improve cancer screening awareness.
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