Bill Text: IL HR0869 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares October 13, 2024 as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day in the State of Illinois. Recognizes the METAvivor #LightUpMBC national campaign. Encourages citizens to join the national effort towards awareness of metastatic breast cancer during October through METAvivor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-11 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie [HR0869 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0869-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, October is nationally recognized as Breast Cancer | ||||||
| 3 | Awareness Month; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer | ||||||
| 5 | among women globally and the second leading cause of cancer | ||||||
| 6 | death among women in the United States; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, More than one in eight women and one in 833 men in | ||||||
| 8 | the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in | ||||||
| 9 | their lifetimes; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, An estimated 313,510 Americans will be diagnosed | ||||||
| 11 | with invasive breast cancer in 2024; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) occurs when breast | ||||||
| 13 | cancer spreads to other parts of the body, including the | ||||||
| 14 | bones, lungs, liver, and brain, and individuals with MBC have | ||||||
| 15 | an average life expectancy of 24 to 36 months after diagnosis; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Regardless of early detection, approximately 30% | ||||||
| 18 | of stage 0 to stage III breast cancers will return as stage IV; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, An estimated 42,780 Americans will die from | ||||||
| 2 | breast cancer in 2024, equal to 117 women and men per day, with | ||||||
| 3 | 98% of deaths being caused by MBC; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, MBC affects all races and socioeconomic classes; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, While white women see slightly higher incidence | ||||||
| 7 | rates of breast cancer, the mortality rate for Black women | ||||||
| 8 | with breast cancer is 41% higher than that of white women, and | ||||||
| 9 | breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death for | ||||||
| 10 | Hispanic women; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, METAvivor Research and Support, a national | ||||||
| 12 | organization, funds critical stage IV metastatic breast cancer | ||||||
| 13 | research and educates the public about metastatic breast | ||||||
| 14 | cancer and the lack of funding for stage IV treatment; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, METAvivor aims to dramatically increase the | ||||||
| 16 | current percentage of breast cancer research dollars for | ||||||
| 17 | already metastasized patients from under 5% to 30%; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The national hashtags for this initiative on | ||||||
| 19 | social media fall under #METAvivor and #LightUpMBC, with the | ||||||
| 20 | latter representing a global campaign designed to educate, | ||||||
| 21 | raise funds, and shine a light on the critical need for stage | ||||||
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| 1 | IV metastatic breast cancer research; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The #LightUpMBC campaign, held annually on | ||||||
| 3 | October 13, illuminates 117 landmarks around the world in the | ||||||
| 4 | metastatic breast cancer colors of teal, pink, and green to | ||||||
| 5 | bring awareness to the disease and to honor the daily number of | ||||||
| 6 | 117 lives lost to MBC; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, While the pink ribbon is well-known for | ||||||
| 8 | representing the fight against early stage breast cancer, it | ||||||
| 9 | is not inclusive of stage IV; therefore, the metastatic breast | ||||||
| 10 | cancer awareness tricolor ribbon includes teal to portray | ||||||
| 11 | healing and spirituality, green for the triumph of spring over | ||||||
| 12 | winter, life over death, renewal, hope, and immortality, and a | ||||||
| 13 | thin pink overlay to signify that the cancer originated in the | ||||||
| 14 | breast; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The #LightUpMBC campaign will culminate in a | ||||||
| 16 | virtual broadcast, #LightUpMBC Live, to commemorate landmarks | ||||||
| 17 | lighting up around the world, to share inspiring stories by | ||||||
| 18 | the metastatic breast cancer community, and to raise research | ||||||
| 19 | funds; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 21 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 22 | we declare October 13, 2024 as Metastatic Breast Cancer | ||||||
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| 1 | Awareness Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That we recognize the METAvivor #LightUpMBC | ||||||
| 3 | national campaign; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That we encourage citizens to join the national | ||||||
| 5 | effort towards awareness of metastatic breast cancer during | ||||||
| 6 | October through METAvivor; and be it further
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