PRINTER'S NO. 2509
No. 295 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, SCHRODER, RUBLEY, FLEAGLE, ADOLPH,
ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BARRAR, BATTISTO, BEBKO-JONES,
BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPABIANCA, CLARK, CLYMER, L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN, CORRIGAN,
COSTA, COY, CURRY, DALEY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DERMODY, DeWEESE,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRUCE, EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER,
FORCIER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GIGLIOTTI, GODSHALL,
GORDNER, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HASAY, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
HESS, HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, KELLER, KENNEY, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER,
LESCOVITZ, LUCYK, LYNCH, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MARKOSEK, McCALL,
McNAUGHTON, MELIO, S. MILLER, NAILOR, ORIE, PESCI, PIPPY,
PISTELLA, PLATTS, PRESTON, RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROBERTS,
ROBINSON, ROHRER, ROSS, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHULER,
SCRIMENTI, SEMMEL, SEYFERT, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY,
STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, SURRA, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, TIGUE,
TRUE, VAN HORNE, WALKO, WILLIAMS, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT,
YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND ZUG, OCTOBER 25, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 25, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating November 1999 as "National Diabetes Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth recognizes the importance of
4 diagnosing and treating diabetes effectively; and
5 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth recognizes the importance of
6 promoting diabetes awareness and education; and
7 WHEREAS, The current national yearly health expenditures, for
8 both direct and indirect costs associated with diabetes, are in
9 excess of $98 billion and $6.7 billion in Pennsylvania; and
10 WHEREAS, The number of newly diagnosed people with diabetes
1 across the nation is 798,000 each year; and
2 WHEREAS, The number of people with diabetes in the United
3 States is almost 16 million; and
4 WHEREAS, In the United States 5.2% of the general population,
5 10.8% of the African-American population, 10.6% of the Hispanic
6 and 12.2% of Native American populations have diabetes; and
7 WHEREAS, Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in
8 people 20 to 74 years of age; and
9 WHEREAS, Other complications of diabetes include heart
10 disease, stroke, kidney disease, nerve disease and amputation;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Good control of blood glucose levels in people with
13 diabetes has been shown to dramatically decrease the likelihood
14 of the occurrence of such complications, thus improving the
15 patient's quality of life and decreasing health care
16 expenditures; and
17 WHEREAS, Education concerning diabetes and its treatment is
18 critical to improving blood glucose control; therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
20 November 1999 as "National Diabetes Month" in Pennsylvania, in
21 recognition of the value of education in helping to treat
22 diabetes in a cost-effective manner and to improve the quality
23 of life for those people with diabetes; and be it further
24 RESOLVED, That people with diabetes, their families and
25 friends and health care professionals in this Commonwealth are
26 urged to utilize this month to increase their awareness and
27 understanding of diabetes so that in the future people with
28 diabetes will be better able to care for their own needs and
29 others will be better prepared to serve the needs of people with
30 diabetes.
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