Bill Text: IL HR1289 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the dangers of sepsis and encourages people to take part in the 3rd annual Illinois Sepsis Challenge 5K Run and Walk in Orland Park in order to bring increased awareness to the danger of sepsis; declares July 30, 2016 as Illinois Sepsis Day.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-03 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR1289 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1289-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Sepsis is a toxic response to infection that kills | ||||||
| 3 | approximately 258,000 Americans each year; it is a leading | ||||||
| 4 | cause of death for men, women, and children of all ages and | ||||||
| 5 | wellness levels and is a medical emergency that requires early | ||||||
| 6 | detection and treatment for survival; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, No one is immune to sepsis; it can strike anyone | ||||||
| 8 | regardless of age, race, color, or creed, and it strikes | ||||||
| 9 | someone every 20 seconds; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Sepsis kills more people in the United States than | ||||||
| 11 | breast, lung, and prostate cancer combined; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The millions of lives lost to sepsis every year | ||||||
| 13 | around the world are often preventable; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, On July 30, 2016 the 3rd annual Illinois Sepsis | ||||||
| 15 | Challenge 5K Run and Walk will be held in Orland Park with the | ||||||
| 16 | goals of increasing community awareness of sepsis and assisting | ||||||
| 17 | sepsis survivors; 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 | recognize the dangers of sepsis and encourage people to take | ||||||
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| 1 | part in the 3rd annual Illinois Sepsis Challenge 5K Run and | ||||||
| 2 | Walk in order to bring increased awareness to this danger; and | ||||||
| 3 | be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That we declare July 30, 2016 as Illinois Sepsis | ||||||
| 5 | Day; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the Sepsis Alliance as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 8 | and respect.
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