THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY BAKER, HENNESSEY, DiGIROLAMO, HESS, AUMENT, BOBACK, BRENNAN, R. BROWN, CAUSER, CLYMER, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DENLINGER, EMRICK, EVERETT, FLECK, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, HARHART, HEFFLEY, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MALONEY, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILNE, MIRABITO, MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PAYTON, PEIFER, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW, ROCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, CULVER, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VEREB, YOUNGBLOOD AND GROVE, JUNE 11, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 11, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the outstanding contributions of the Pennsylvania

Academy of Family Physicians and all family physicians in

this Commonwealth.

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP)

is one of the largest medical specialty societies in this

Commonwealth and represents more than 4,800 members, including

practicing family physicians, family medicine residents and

medical students; and

WHEREAS, The members of PAFP are dedicated to the dignity and

well-being of all Pennsylvanians by providing accessible,

continuing, comprehensive and quality health care; and

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's family physicians emphasize the

importance of providing wellness, preventive and primary care

necessary to restrain ever-increasing health care costs; and

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania faces an acute need for primary care

providers, especially in medically underserved areas; and

WHEREAS, Due to the leadership of PAFP, this Commonwealth has

one of the highest numbers of Patient-Centered Medical Home

Providers in the nation which are recognized by the National

Committee for Quality Assurance; and

WHEREAS, The members of PAFP encourage medical students to

make a commitment to provide primary care medical services in

medically underserved areas of this Commonwealth and have been

instrumental in this Commonwealth's retention of the majority of

its family medicine resident physicians; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the

outstanding contributions of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family

Physicians and all family physicians in this Commonwealth.