Bill Text: IL HR0759 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0759 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0759-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Retinoblastoma is a malignant cancer that | ||||||
| 3 | develops in the retina during early childhood; most children | ||||||
| 4 | diagnosed with the disease are younger than 3 years old; it is | ||||||
| 5 | often found when a parent or doctor notices that a child's eye | ||||||
| 6 | displays unusual signs or symptoms; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, If the disease goes undetected, retinoblastoma | ||||||
| 8 | requires the removal of the eye to keep the disease from | ||||||
| 9 | spreading to the optic nerve and the brain; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Retinoblastoma is a rare disease, with only about | ||||||
| 11 | 200 to 300 children diagnosed with the disease each year in the | ||||||
| 12 | United States; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The members of this body believe that greater | ||||||
| 14 | attention must be placed on raising awareness of retinoblastoma | ||||||
| 15 | and other cancers in order to fight these debilitating diseases | ||||||
| 16 | and the effects they have on the citizens of this State; | ||||||
| 17 | therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 20 | designate the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness | ||||||
| 21 | Month in the State of Illinois and urge the citizens of this | ||||||
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| 1 | State to ask their pediatricians to perform red-reflex tests on | ||||||
| 2 | their children in order to aid in the fight against | ||||||
| 3 | retinoblastoma and other childhood cancers; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to BeyondRB as a symbol of our respect and esteem for | ||||||
| 6 | the organization's work.
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