| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 4 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Special Commission on | ||||||
| 5 | Gynecologic Cancers is created; and be it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That membership of the Commission shall be as | ||||||
| 7 | follows: | ||||||
| 8 | (1) A representative of the Illinois Comprehensive | ||||||
| 9 | Cancer Control Program, appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois Department of Public Health; | ||||||
| 11 | (2) The Director of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 12 | Insurance, or his or her designee; and | ||||||
| 13 | (3) 14 members who shall be appointed as follows: | ||||||
| 14 | (a) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the | ||||||
| 15 | House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a survivor of | ||||||
| 16 | ovarian cancer, one of whom shall be a survivor of cervical, | ||||||
| 17 | vaginal, vulvar, or uterine cancer, and one of whom shall be a | ||||||
| 18 | medical specialist in gynecological cancers; | ||||||
| 19 | (b) Three members appointed by the Senate | ||||||
| 20 | President, one of whom shall be a survivor of ovarian cancer, | ||||||
| 21 | one of whom shall be a survivor of cervical, vaginal, vulvar, | ||||||
| 22 | or uterine cancer, and one of whom shall be a medical | ||||||
| 23 | specialist in gynecological cancers; and | ||||||
| 24 | (c) Eight members appointed by the Governor, one of | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | whom shall be a caregiver of a woman diagnosed with a | ||||||
| 2 | gynecologic cancer, one of whom shall be a medical specialist | ||||||
| 3 | in gynecological cancers, one of whom shall be an individual | ||||||
| 4 | with expertise in community based health care and issues | ||||||
| 5 | affecting underserved and vulnerable populations, two of whom | ||||||
| 6 | shall be individuals representing gynecologic cancer awareness | ||||||
| 7 | and support groups in the State, one of whom shall be a | ||||||
| 8 | researcher specializing in gynecologic cancers, and two of whom | ||||||
| 9 | shall be members of the public with demonstrated expertise in | ||||||
| 10 | issues relating to the work of the commission; and be it | ||||||
| 11 | further | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, That members of the Commission shall serve | ||||||
| 13 | without compensation or reimbursement from the commission; | ||||||
| 14 | members shall select a Chair from among themselves and the | ||||||
| 15 | Chair shall set the meeting schedule; and be it further | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Public Health | ||||||
| 17 | shall provide administrative support; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That the Commission is charged with the study of | ||||||
| 19 | the following: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) Establishing a mechanism to ascertain the | ||||||
| 21 | prevalence of gynecologic cancers in the State and, to the | ||||||
| 22 | extent possible, to collect statistics relative to the timing | ||||||
| 23 | of diagnosis and risk factors associated with gynecologic | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | cancers; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) Determining how to best effectuate early diagnosis | ||||||
| 3 | and treatment for gynecologic cancer patients; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) Determining best practices for closing disparities | ||||||
| 5 | in outcomes for gynecologic cancer patients and innovative | ||||||
| 6 | approaches to reaching underserved and vulnerable populations; | ||||||
| 7 | (4) Determining any unmet needs of persons with | ||||||
| 8 | gynecologic cancers and those of their families; and | ||||||
| 9 | (5) Providing recommendations for additional | ||||||
| 10 | legislation, support programs, and resources to meet the unmet | ||||||
| 11 | needs of persons with gynecologic cancers and their families; | ||||||
| 12 | and be it further | ||||||
| 13 | RESOLVED, That the Commission shall provide its final | ||||||
| 14 | report to the Illinois General Assembly no later than December | ||||||
| 15 | 31, 2020, and upon the filing of its report, is dissolved; and | ||||||
| 16 | be it further
| ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | delivered to the Director of the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
| 19 | Health, the Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, | ||||||
| 20 | the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, and the | ||||||
| 21 | Governor.
| ||||||