Bill Text: IL HR0959 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares September 13, 2024 as Celiac Disease Awareness Day in the State of Illinois to raise public awareness of this serious condition. Encourages support for improving the quality of life and health of individuals with celiac disease by advancing biomedical research to develop diagnostic tools, life-improving treatments, and a cure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass [HR0959 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0959-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Celiac disease is one of the world's most | ||||||
| 3 | prevalent genetic autoimmune diseases, affecting an estimated | ||||||
| 4 | three million Americans, 70-80% of whom are undiagnosed; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Celiac disease causes the body to attack its own | ||||||
| 6 | small intestine, which can lead to many other devastating | ||||||
| 7 | health conditions, including cancer; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Celiac disease results in extraordinary economic | ||||||
| 9 | and productivity costs to both the public and private sectors | ||||||
| 10 | from employee and student absenteeism, as well as repeated, | ||||||
| 11 | inconclusive visits to healthcare providers; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, On average, it takes four years to be correctly | ||||||
| 13 | diagnosed with celiac disease; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, There is no medication or cure for celiac | ||||||
| 15 | disease; the only treatment is a lifelong, strict gluten-free | ||||||
| 16 | diet; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Studies show that up to 50% of people on a | ||||||
| 18 | gluten-free diet continue to experience symptoms and have | ||||||
| 19 | intestinal damage, revealing the ineffectiveness of the | ||||||
| 20 | gluten-free diet as a treatment; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we declare September 13, 2024 as Celiac Disease Awareness Day | ||||||
| 4 | in the State of Illinois to raise public awareness of this | ||||||
| 5 | serious condition; and be it further
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