Bill Text: IL SR1190 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Lake County Coroner's Office on the occasion of receiving the 2024 Life Changer Award for Outstanding Teams from the Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Network.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-11-21 - Resolution Adopted [SR1190 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR1190-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate the Lake County Coroner's Office on the occasion | ||||||
| 4 | of receiving the 2024 Life Changer Award for Outstanding Teams | ||||||
| 5 | from the Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Network; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Gift of Hope organization is part of a | ||||||
| 7 | nationwide system helping people through organ and tissue | ||||||
| 8 | donation; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Lake County Coroner's Office received the | ||||||
| 10 | Life Changer Award for Outstanding Teams in recognition of the | ||||||
| 11 | commitment and dedication invested by Coroner Jennifer Banek | ||||||
| 12 | and her team in collaborating with Gift of Hope, increasing | ||||||
| 13 | organ and tissue donations and ultimately saving lives of | ||||||
| 14 | those in desperate need; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Lake County Coroner's Office was nominated | ||||||
| 16 | for the award earlier this year by the Gift of Hope Community | ||||||
| 17 | Foundation; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Lake County Coroner's Office and Gift of Hope | ||||||
| 19 | expanded their ability to work together last year by | ||||||
| 20 | collaborating on an initiative that allows Gift of Hope to | ||||||
| 21 | access electronic information related to a deceased person | ||||||
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| 1 | more efficiently, a pivotal change allowing Gift of Hope to | ||||||
| 2 | connect with families and coordinate tissue and organ donation | ||||||
| 3 | when this is the intention of the loved one or their next of | ||||||
| 4 | kin; prior to the new electronic interface, coroner's deputies | ||||||
| 5 | would reach out to Gift of Hope representatives to notify them | ||||||
| 6 | of potential donors; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Coroner's deputies of the Lake County Coroner's | ||||||
| 8 | Office are responsible for conducting death investigations, | ||||||
| 9 | working with families, and other investigative and logistic | ||||||
| 10 | concerns; since electronically interfacing with Gift of Hope, | ||||||
| 11 | when a coroner's deputy enters the deceased person's | ||||||
| 12 | information into a portal, Gift of Hope can immediately begin | ||||||
| 13 | its organ and tissue screening process, and their valiant | ||||||
| 14 | efforts have made a clear impact on organ and tissue donation; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In 2023, the Lake County Coroner's Office made | ||||||
| 17 | 148 referrals to Gift of Hope, which led to 84 family | ||||||
| 18 | discussions and 24 successful organ and tissue donors, and | ||||||
| 19 | those 24 tissue donors contributed to the improvement or | ||||||
| 20 | healing of over 600 lives; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, As of May 30, 2024, the Lake County Coroner's | ||||||
| 22 | Office has referred 60 cases, resulting in 11 tissue donors; | ||||||
| 23 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the | ||||||
| 3 | Lake County Coroner's Office on receiving the 2024 Life | ||||||
| 4 | Changer Award for Outstanding Teams from the Gift of Hope | ||||||
| 5 | Organ and Tissue Network; and be it further
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