Bill Designating Women's Heart Disease Awareness Month Passes Legislature!

I am happy to report that House Bill 5596, designating each February as Women's Heart Disease Awareness Month in Illinois, has passed both houses of the Illinois General Assembly and will soon be headed to the Governor’s desk for his approval!

This legislation is important because, if enacted into law, it will increase our opportunities to get the Go Red For Women message out, to encourage women to join the GRFW movement and to remind everyone to pay attention to the cardiovascular health of the women in their lives. This bill is an outgrowth of a terrific GRFW Valentine’s Day program we had at the Capitol this year and I want to thank all of the volunteers and colleagues who helped execute that event. This is a nice example of integration in action in the Midwest Affiliate!

While this is not controversial legislation, the atmosphere in Springfield is very contentious due to serious differences between key legislative players. So, we need to continue to speak out to ensure that this bill doesn’t fall through the cracks on its way to becoming law…. In the coming weeks we will be sending out a You’re The Cure! action alert asking you to thank legislators who voted for the bill and another alert asking you to urge the Governor to sign the bill into law.

As you can see, when you take action on our alerts, your legislators listen. YOUR CLICKS COUNT! Thank you everyone for your ongoing support!