PRINTER'S NO. 828
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
133
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, READSHAW, DUSH, SONNEY, DONATUCCI,
DRISCOLL, MURT, DiGIROLAMO, FREEMAN, BAKER, RYAN, VITALI,
LONGIETTI, MILLARD, CALTAGIRONE, BURNS, BARRAR, PHILLIPS-
HILL, WARD, STAATS, WATSON, KINSEY, NEILSON, D. COSTA,
MARSICO, BIZZARRO, GOODMAN, DEASY, PASHINSKI, THOMAS AND
GILLEN, MARCH 9, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 9, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of March 2017 as "National Athletic
Training Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Quality health care is vital for individuals who are
physically active; and
WHEREAS, Licensed athletic trainers have a long history of
providing quality health care for athletes and individuals
engaged in physical activities; and
WHEREAS, Athletic training involves prevention, recognition,
evaluation and aggressive treatment of injuries, including
rehabilitation, health care administration, education, research
and guidance; and
WHEREAS, Athletic training was recognized by the American
Medical Association in 1990 as an allied health care profession;
and
WHEREAS, The National Athletic Trainers' Association
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represents and supports more than 43,000 members of the athletic
training profession employed in professional sports, colleges
and universities, high schools, clinics and hospitals, corporate
and industrial settings and the military; and
WHEREAS, Leading organizations have joined together to raise
public awareness of athletic training by emphasizing the
importance of quality health care for athletes and individuals
who are physically active, improving health care and promoting
licensed athletic trainers as allied health professionals;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
month of March 2017 as "National Athletic Training Month" in
Pennsylvania.
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