| Resolution Number: | 1988-D108 |
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| Title: | Advocate for Appropriate Health Care for All Who Are Ill |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That this 69th General Convention direct the Presiding Bishop and the Executive Council, in light of the strains upon the health care system exerted by the AIDS Epidemic, to direct the Washington D.C. office of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America to adopt a strategy to advocate for all persons suffering from illness by creating appropriate levels of cost-effective health care, for example, hospices and alternative health care facilities.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 693. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(D108)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 69th Convention direct the Presiding Bishop and the Executive Council, in light of the strains upon the health care system exerted by the AIDS Epidemic, to direct the Washington D.C. office of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America to adopt a strategy to advocate for all persons suffering from illness by creating appropriate levels of cost-effective health care. For example, hospices and alternative health care facilities.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #168)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #74 on House of Bishops Message #168 relating to Resolution D108 (AIDS Health Care) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #339)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention directs the Church's Washington, D.C. office to adopt a strategy to advocate for cost-effective health care. |
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