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Members of the Illinois delegation met with Rep. Judy Biggert (R-13) on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2007.	June 2007 IlliNOISY News Advocacy in Action! Lobby Day and the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act (BCERA) San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Illinois Covered Update National Health News and Policy Update Did you know? Advocacy in Action! Lobby Day and the BCERA The 2007 IlliNOISY Advocacy delegation was successful in their lobby efforts this April in Washington, DC for NBCCF's Annual Advocacy Training Conference. The conference consists of three days of intense training, plenary sessions, workshops and events that teach people how to become better breast cancer advocates in their own community. On the final day, the group traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with their individual Congressional leaders and to lobby for breast cancer legislation. One of the issues being advocated was the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act (S.579 /H.R. 1157). The bill would provide the National Institute of Health $40 million a year from 2008-2012 to set up multi-institutional research centers to study the relationship between the environment and breast cancer. Since Lobby Day on May 1st, 20 U.S. Senators have signed onto the legislation, including Illinois Senator Barack Obama, and 136 Representatives have signed on, including 9 from Illinois. Click here to read more about the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act.
	San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Scholarship applications are now available for the 2007 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, Texas. The Symposium is an international event in which approximately 8,000 researchers, oncologists, and others in the scientific field learn about and discuss the current and cutting edge breast cancer research. The deadline is September 1, 2007. Click here to learn more about the event.
	Illinois Covered Update With the Illinois General Assembly in overtime, the fate of the Governor’s health care plan, Illinois Covered, is still up in the air. On Tuesday, May 8, Senate Bill 5 has passed 7-3 in the Senate Health Committee and is now on the Senate floor. On Thursday, May 10, the Illinois House of Representatives held a resolution vote to show their lack of support for the Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) which is the source of funding for Illinois Covered. The resolution was defeated 107-0, with Governor Blagojevich’s calling for all Representatives to vote no on the resolution, citing that is was too soon to jump to any conclusions on the GRT. Alternative forms of funding have now been introduced, but other state budget issues may take precedent over Governor Blagojevich’s Illinois Covered.
	National Health News and Policy Update Public Health & Education \| Researchers Discover Gene Variations That Might Increase Risk of Developing Breast Cancer Researchers in three separate studies have found six new variation sites in the human genome project that might increase the risk of developing breast cancer, the New York Times reports. Read more Breast Cancer Rates Remain Stagnate for Black Women, Study Finds Survival rates for black women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer have not improved over the last two decades, despite advances in research and treatment, while survival rates for white women have steadily improved over time, according to a study presented on Sunday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago, USA Today reports (Szabo, USA Today, 6/4). Read more House Approves Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act; Bush Threatens Veto The House on Thursday voted 247-176 to pass a bill (S 5) that would allow federal funding for research using stem cells derived from human embryos originally created for fertility treatments and willingly donated by patients, the New York Times reports (Zeleny/Wade, New York Times, 6/8). Read more Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Developments With State Health Care Proposals The following summarizes recent newspaper coverage of health care developments in Arizona, Colorado and Illinois. Read more
	Did you know? 16.9% of women in Illinois are uninsured, while in Chicago, 24% of women are uninsured. Single women in Illinois are twice as likely to be uninsured as married women, 20.9% vs. 10.7%.

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