PRINTER'S NO. 2539
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
547
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MADDEN, PASHINSKI, HENNESSEY, SONNEY, DUSH,
READSHAW, DRISCOLL, SCHLOSSBERG, VITALI, DEAN, CALTAGIRONE,
O'BRIEN, NEILSON, BIZZARRO, BAKER, ROZZI, MACKENZIE,
DiGIROLAMO, DAVIS, KINSEY, TALLMAN, LONGIETTI, CHARLTON,
O'NEILL, RYAN, MILLARD, BOBACK, BARBIN, SOLOMON, McCARTER,
DeLUCA, ROEBUCK, MURT, V. BROWN, BRADFORD, PICKETT,
J. HARRIS, CONKLIN AND WARREN, OCTOBER 4, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 4, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of November 2017 as "National Diabetes
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
defines diabetes as a group of diseases characterized by high
blood sugar; and
WHEREAS, When a person has diabetes, his or her body either
does not create enough insulin or is unable to utilize its own
insulin as well as it should; and
WHEREAS, When blood sugar builds up in the body and its
levels are not controlled, it can lead to serious health
complications, including heart disease, stroke, kidney disease,
blindness, amputations of the legs and feet and early death; and
WHEREAS, In 2015, 30.3 million Americans, or 9.4% of the
population, had diabetes; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 1.25 million American children and
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