THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY EVERETT, ADOLPH, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, DiGIROLAMO, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRELL, JAMES, MARSICO, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, READSHAW, ROCK, SAYLOR, SONNEY, STABACK, SWANGER AND VEREB, OCTOBER 16, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 16, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing November 2012 as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, The children of Pennsylvania are our most important

resource and the very foundation of the future of our

Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, Hundreds of infants living in Pennsylvania die each

year in preventable tragedies because they are placed in unsafe

sleeping environments; and

WHEREAS, In April 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics

Task Force on Infant Sleep Position recommended that infants be

placed on their backs to sleep; and

WHEREAS, The safest sleeping environment for babies is alone

on their backs in an empty crib with a tightly fitted sheet and

sufficient sleepwear; and

WHEREAS, Parents, grandparents, relatives and day-care

providers have access to resources to learn more about providing

babies with safe sleep environments at www.nichd.nih.gov; and

WHEREAS, The month of November is an opportunity to inform or

remind all caregivers to check infant sleep environments to help

prevent needless tragedies; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize

November 2012 as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in Pennsylvania.