Bill Text: IL SJR0065 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares 2020 as the "Year of the Nurse and Midwife" in the State of Illinois. Recognizes the vital role of nurses and nurse midwives in promoting and providing health care to the residents of Illinois and the importance of investment in nursing education and research to develop a sufficient and effective workforce.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJR0065 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0065-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The executive board of the World Health | ||||||
3 | Organization designated the year
2020 as "Year of the Nurse and | ||||||
4 | Midwife" in conjunction with the 200th birthday of
Florence | ||||||
5 | Nightingale; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The World Health Organization is urging world | ||||||
7 | leaders to make investments in
nursing and to pave the way for | ||||||
8 | a brighter future for health around the world; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Nurses and nurse midwives have a critical role in | ||||||
10 | health promotion, disease
prevention, and the delivery of care | ||||||
11 | in all settings; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Illinois has 185,992 registered nurses living and | ||||||
13 | working in the State, of
which 13,746 are also licensed as | ||||||
14 | advanced practice registered nurses, and 24,763
licensed | ||||||
15 | practical nurses, making nursing the largest licensed health | ||||||
16 | care profession; and
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17 | WHEREAS, There are over 525 active certified | ||||||
18 | nurse-midwives (CNMs) licensed
through the Illinois State | ||||||
19 | Board of Nursing; and
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20 | WHEREAS, There are 129 schools of nursing in Illinois; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The care provided by nurses in Illinois is the | ||||||
2 | primary component to a
successful health care delivery system; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Since 2015, nurse researchers in Illinois have | ||||||
5 | been awarded funding from the
National Institute of Nursing | ||||||
6 | Research in excess of $27 million, to provide the | ||||||
7 | evidence-based
findings to improve health for individuals, | ||||||
8 | families, and communities; and
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9 | WHEREAS, CNMs are primary care providers throughout a | ||||||
10 | woman's life span,
promoting the health and well-being of | ||||||
11 | newborns and women, and care for families and
communities | ||||||
12 | during a time of an obstetric workforce shortage in the | ||||||
13 | country; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
16 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare 2020 as the "Year of the | ||||||
17 | Nurse and Midwife" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That we recognize the vital role of
nurses and | ||||||
19 | nurse midwives in promoting and providing health care to the | ||||||
20 | residents of
Illinois and the importance of investment in | ||||||
21 | nursing education and research to develop a
sufficient and |
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1 | effective workforce.
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