PRINTER'S NO. 2317
No. 249 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BEBKO-JONES, ARGALL, BAKER, BELARDI,
BISHOP, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CLARK, L. I. COHEN,
CORRIGAN, DEMPSEY, DERMODY, DeWEESE, EVANS, FAIRCHILD,
FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, HASAY, HERMAN,
LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, MARSICO, MELIO, MICOZZIE, R. MILLER,
PIPPY, RAMOS, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER,
SCHRODER, SCRIMENTI, SEYFERT, B. SMITH, STABACK, STEELMAN,
TANGRETTI, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, PESCI, BELFANTI,
PISTELLA, JOSEPHS, FORCIER AND HERSHEY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 29, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing October 7, 1999, as National Depression Screening
2 Day in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, National Depression Screening Day, held each year
4 during Mental Illness Awareness Week, is designed to call
5 attention to the illness of depression on a national level, to
6 educate the public about its symptoms and effective treatments
7 and to connect those in need of treatment to the mental health
8 care systems; and
9 WHEREAS, In 1991 only 90 screening sites were available, and
10 the number climbed to 3,000 in 1998; and
11 WHEREAS, Each year over 100,000 persons are screened for
12 depression, and the resulting data has provided valuable help
13 for those in need; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize October
1 7, 1999, as National Depression Screening Day in Pennsylvania.
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