Bill Text: IL HR0745 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates October 18, 2015 as Murray Center Day in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-09-24 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0745 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0745-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Warren G. Murray Developmental Center in | ||||||
| 3 | Centralia was built in 1964 to meet the needs of children faced | ||||||
| 4 | with severe developmental disabilities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, There are currently 229 residents at Murray | ||||||
| 6 | Center; over half of the residents have called Murray home for | ||||||
| 7 | at least 20 years; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, More than half of Murray Center residents have a | ||||||
| 9 | dual diagnosis of a developmental disability and a mental | ||||||
| 10 | illness; 45% of the Murray residents are non-ambulatory and | ||||||
| 11 | many cannot express themselves verbally and understand very | ||||||
| 12 | little of the world around them; medical issues are prevalent | ||||||
| 13 | and complicate even further the labor intensive needs of these | ||||||
| 14 | individuals, leaving some individuals completely dependent | ||||||
| 15 | upon others for every need; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In 2012, it was announced that the Warren G. | ||||||
| 17 | Murray Developmental Center would close its doors; thanks to | ||||||
| 18 | the dedication and hard work from the Murray Parents | ||||||
| 19 | Association, Friends of Murray Center, Illinois State | ||||||
| 20 | Representative John Cavaletto, Illinois State Representative | ||||||
| 21 | Charlie Meier, Illinois State Senator Kyle McCarter, Governor | ||||||
| 22 | Bruce Rauner, and dozens of Illinois legislators, the Murray | ||||||
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| 1 | Center will remain open; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Murray Center Coalition will be hosting a | ||||||
| 3 | festival and parade on October 18, 2015 to celebrate Murray | ||||||
| 4 | Center remaining open; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 7 | designate October 18, 2015 as Murray Center Day in the State of | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois to honor the residents living at the Warren G. Murray | ||||||
| 9 | Developmental Center in Centralia; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the Murray Center Coalition, the Murray Parents | ||||||
| 12 | Association, and Governor Bruce Rauner in recognition of Murray | ||||||
| 13 | Center Day.
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