Bill Text: IL HR0635 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares November 2020 as "Family Caregivers Month".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0635 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0635-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, November is traditionally designated as National | ||||||
| 3 | Family Caregivers Month to honor the more than 40 million | ||||||
| 4 | caregivers across the country who support aging parents, ill | ||||||
| 5 | spouses, or other loved ones with disabilities who remain at | ||||||
| 6 | home; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Seven percent of family caregivers were age 75 or | ||||||
| 8 | older, a share that has gone up steadily in the past two | ||||||
| 9 | decades; often the recipient is a spouse with dementia or heart | ||||||
| 10 | disease who needs a high level of care; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, By providing billions of dollars' worth of | ||||||
| 12 | caregiving services each year, caregivers dramatically reduce | ||||||
| 13 | the demands on the nation's healthcare system and make an | ||||||
| 14 | extraordinary contribution to the quality of life of their | ||||||
| 15 | loved ones; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, These everyday heroes, living quietly among us in | ||||||
| 17 | families and communities across the country, are the major | ||||||
| 18 | source of long-term care in America; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 20 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 21 | we declare November 2020 as "Family Caregivers Month" in the | ||||||
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| 1 | State of Illinois to bring attention to those that sacrifice to | ||||||
| 2 | care for their family members who are in need.
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