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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Crohn's disease is a chronic disorder that causes 
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inflammation of the digestive or gastrointestinal tract; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Crohn's disease and a related disease, ulcerative 
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colitis, are the two main disease categories that belong to a 
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larger group of illnesses called inflammatory bowel disease; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Irritable bowel disease impacts 1.4 million 
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patients per year in the United States, at an annual cost of 
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approximately $2 billion per year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Approximately 30,000 new cases of Irritable Bowel 
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Disease are diagnosed every year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Irritable bowel disease is primarily a disease 
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affecting young people and those in the prime of their life; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Children with inflammatory bowel disease miss 
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school activities and do not have the appropriate access to 
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restrooms during school hours; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Inflammatory bowel disease patients are at a high 
 


 






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risk of developing colorectal cancer; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the date of April 
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11, 2008 as Crohn's and Irritable Bowel Disease Day in the 
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State of Illinois.