|
|
|
|
HR0248 |
|
LRB096 12155 DRJ 24858 r |
|
|
| 1 |
| HOUSE RESOLUTION
|
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois currently has the largest |
| 3 |
| contingent of combat troops deployed overseas since the Second |
| 4 |
| World War in Task Force Phoenix VIII in Afghanistan; and
|
| 5 |
| WHEREAS, A 2008 Rand study claims that nationally at least |
| 6 |
| 300,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffer from |
| 7 |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), while another 320,000 |
| 8 |
| suffer from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); and
|
| 9 |
| WHEREAS, The aforementioned Rand study also concludes that |
| 10 |
| "a majority of the injured are not receiving help from either |
| 11 |
| the Pentagon or the [United States Department of Veterans |
| 12 |
| Affairs]"; and
|
| 13 |
| WHEREAS, It is likely that many Illinois veterans would, as |
| 14 |
| a matter of convenience, seek treatment for PTSD through their |
| 15 |
| local health care providers rather than through the United |
| 16 |
| States Department of Veterans Affairs; therefore, be it
|
| 17 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 18 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 19 |
| encourage and support action by the Illinois Department of |
| 20 |
| Veterans' Affairs to cause private health care providers to be |
| 21 |
| reimbursed for their costs associated with the treatment of |