Bill Text: IL HR0438 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates the pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, staff, volunteers, and supporters of the Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care (EDOPC) project on the occasion of being the recipients of the 2008 Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Associations Advance America (AAA) Committee of the Center for Association Leadership.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-05-21 - Resolution Adopted [HR0438 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HR0438-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are pleased to congratulate the pediatricians,
family physicians, nurse practitioners, staff, volunteers, and
supporters of the Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary
Care (EDOPC) project on the occasion of being the recipients of
the 2008 Summit Award from the American Society of Association
Executives (ASAE) and the Associations Advance America (AAA)
Committee of the Center for Association Leadership; and
WHEREAS, The EDOPC project is a collaborative partnership
between the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of
Pediatrics (ICAAP), the Advocate Health System's Healthy Steps
for Young Children Program, the Illinois Academy of Family
Physicians (IAFP), the Ounce of Prevention Fund, the Illinois
Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and multiple
private foundations to improve the health and development of
Illinois children; and
WHEREAS, The EDOPC project has sought to increase primary
care providers' use of validated tools for developmental
screening, socioemotional screening, and maternal depression
screening; the project also seeks to raise awareness of
symptoms of autism during pediatric visits with children under
the age of 3 and has recently added promotion of screening for

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domestic violence, another family risk factor that impacts
child development; and
WHEREAS, Such developmental screening by means of a
validated developmental screening tool has been demonstrated
to appropriately address the social and emotional needs of
families and improve rates of identification of developmental
delay and referrals to the early intervention program,
providing critical notice of development problems before it is
too late; and
WHEREAS, The EDOPC project has had a profoundly positive
impact on pediatric primary care providers, enabling these
providers to have greater knowledge of key developmental
topics, have greater confidence during the identification
process, overcome barriers to the implementation of routine
screening, and increase the frequency of screening tool use and
subsequent referrals; and
WHEREAS, The EDOPC project has initiated another
three-year phase, taking place from 2008 to 2010, that will
provide for outreach to additional pediatric and family
practice providers in the State and further address barriers to
care coordination and entry into services; this phase will
foster more "medical homeness" and patient-centered care;
therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
congratulate the pediatricians, family physicians, nurse
practitioners, staff, volunteers, and supporters of the
Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care project on the
occasion of being the recipients of the 2008 Summit Award and
wish them continued success in the future; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the lead organizations of the EDOPC project as a
symbol of our esteem and respect.