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Cook County committee defers CTE awareness resolution after public testimony
Summary
After testimony from families and concussion experts, the Health & Hospitals Committee deferred a Cook County resolution calling for local CTE awareness programs, referrals to concussion clinics and requests for state and federal research, scheduling a public hearing for further input.
The Cook County Health & Hospitals Committee voted to defer consideration of a resolution calling for local chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) awareness and referral programs after public testimony from families and concussion specialists and extended commissioner questioning.
Commissioner Tara Stamps introduced the resolution and framed CTE as a personal and urgent public‑health problem, urging Cook County to lead on education and early intervention. ‘‘This is where Cook County must lead,’’ Stamps said, describing several families affected by suspected CTE and calling for local programs and federal research funding.
The resolution (Item 206649) asks the Cook County Department of Public Health and Cook County Health to develop CTE awareness programs,…
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