| 1 | 1 | | *HC1041* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Mercy |
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| 7 | 7 | | Obeime. |
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| 8 | 8 | | Porter |
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| 9 | 9 | | _______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 10 | 10 | | 20232768 |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2023 HC 1041/DI 140 Introduced |
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| 12 | 12 | | First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023) |
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| 13 | 13 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT |
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| 14 | 14 | | RESOLUTION No. ____ |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Mercy |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2 Obeime. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 3 Whereas, Dr. Mercy Obeime graduated from the University |
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| 18 | 18 | | 4 of Benin in Nigeria and completed her family medicine |
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| 19 | 19 | | 5 residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in |
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| 20 | 20 | | 6 Indianapolis in 1996; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 7 Whereas, Dr. Mercy Obeime has been employed by |
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| 22 | 22 | | 8 Franciscan Health since finishing her residency in family |
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| 23 | 23 | | 9 medicine at Indiana University; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 10 Whereas, In July 1996, Dr. Mercy Obeime started practicing |
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| 25 | 25 | | 11 at Garfield Park in Indianapolis and established the |
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| 26 | 26 | | 12 Franciscan Health Neighborhood Center at Garfield Park. One |
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| 27 | 27 | | 13 of the important missions of the clinic was to serve the |
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| 28 | 28 | | 14 uninsured in the area, and this clinic grew and became a model |
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| 29 | 29 | | 15 for best practices to serve patients with limited resources; |
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| 30 | 30 | | 16 Whereas, Dr. Mercy Obeime worked with the Indiana Black |
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| 31 | 31 | | 17 Legislative Caucus (IBLC) and the late State Representative |
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| 32 | 32 | | 18 Bill Crawford on a variety of health-related issues. She was |
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| 33 | 33 | | 19 asked to work with Governor Mitch Daniels' administration on |
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| 34 | 34 | | 20 the inaugural Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) and Rx Indiana, a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 21 pharmaceutical assistance program for patients now replaced |
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| 36 | 36 | | 22 by GoodRx. She continued to work with the Daniels |
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| 37 | 37 | | 23 administration and Governor Mike Pence's administration on |
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| 38 | 38 | | 24 health-related policies; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 25 Whereas, The late U.S. Senator Richard Lugar recognized |
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| 40 | 40 | | 26 Dr. Mercy Obeime's work and dedication, and invited her to |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2023 HC 1041/DI 140 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 1 participate in The Lugar Series: Leadership in Action. She |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2 participated in the series in 2009 and was a member of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 3 Lugar Leadership Series board from 2010 to 2021; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 4 Whereas, In 2009, Dr. Mercy Obeime was appointed Director |
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| 46 | 46 | | 5 of Community and Global Health at Franciscan Health; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 6 Whereas, Dr. Mercy Obeime serves as Director of Medical |
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| 48 | 48 | | 7 Training at the Marion County Public Health Department |
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| 49 | 49 | | 8 where she oversees the training of medical students, residents, |
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| 50 | 50 | | 9 and fellows in community and global health; |
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| 51 | 51 | | 10 Whereas, In 2010, Dr. Mercy Obeime established the |
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| 52 | 52 | | 11 SYMPAQ Clinic at the Franciscan Health Neighborhood |
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| 53 | 53 | | 12 Health Center, became board certified in hospice and palliative |
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| 54 | 54 | | 13 medicine to treat patients suffering from severe pain and end of |
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| 55 | 55 | | 14 life problems, and helped establish the Franciscan substance |
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| 56 | 56 | | 15 use disorder clinic which officially opened in January 2019; |
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| 57 | 57 | | 16 Whereas, Dr. Mercy Obeime founded the Mercy Foundation |
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| 58 | 58 | | 17 in 2003 and merged with the Timmy Foundation in 2010 to |
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| 59 | 59 | | 18 become Timmy Global Health. This organization partners with |
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| 60 | 60 | | 19 organizations in Ecuador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, |
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| 61 | 61 | | 20 and Nigeria to improve health outcomes; and |
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| 62 | 62 | | 21 Whereas, Dr. Mercy Obeime is the 151st President of the |
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| 63 | 63 | | 22 Indianapolis Medical Society. She is the first woman of African |
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| 64 | 64 | | 23 descent to hold this position: Therefore, |
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| 65 | 65 | | 24 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives |
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| 66 | 66 | | 25 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, |
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| 67 | 67 | | 26 the Senate concurring: |
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| 68 | 68 | | 27 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly honors Dr. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 28 Mercy Obeime and her dedication to improving the health of |
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| 70 | 70 | | 29 Hoosiers. |
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| 71 | 71 | | 30 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 72 | 72 | | 31 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to State |
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| 73 | 73 | | 32 Representative Gregory Porter for distribution. |
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| 74 | 74 | | 2023 HC 1041/DI 140 |
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