PRINTER'S NO. 2674
No. 461 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BENNINGTON, BEYER,
BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER,
CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FLECK, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, JAMES, KENNEY, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY,
MANN, MANTZ, McILHATTAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, MICOZZIE,
MILLARD, MILNE, MOYER, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER,
PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS,
SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, THOMAS,
VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
OCTOBER 18, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 18, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing October 11, 2007, 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
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize October
2 11, 2007, as "National Depression Screening Day" in
3 Pennsylvania.
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