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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Diabetes is one our nation's greatest health |
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| risks, affecting approximately 18.2 million people in the |
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| United States, roughly 6.2% of the population; and
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| WHEREAS, The 2 main forms of diabetes are Type 1 and Type 2 |
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| diabetes; Type 1 diabetes results from the body's failure to |
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| produce insulin, and Type 2 diabetes results from insulin |
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| resistance combined with relative insulin deficiency; and
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| WHEREAS, Children are affected by Type 1 diabetes, and the |
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| number of children affected by diabetes is growing; and
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| WHEREAS, The 94th General Assembly has passed House Bill |
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| 1581, which creates the Diabetes Research Check-off Fund and |
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| provides that, from the Fund, the Department of Human Services |
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| must make grants to public or private entities for diabetes |
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| research; and
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| WHEREAS, The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation funds |
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| research on diabetes that affects children; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Diabetes Association supports basic |
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| and clinical research for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes aimed |
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| at preventing, treating, and curing diabetes; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinoisans rank second, behind Mississippi, in |
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| meeting target levels of scores on A1c hemoglobin tests, making |
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| it the second worst state in the nation at controlling |
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| diabetes; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Department |
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| of Human Services to disburse the moneys in the Diabetes |
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| Research Check-off Fund as grants for the research of diabetes |