PRINTER'S NO. 2117
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
443
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, CRUZ, DERMODY, HANNA, GOODMAN,
O'BRIEN, DRISCOLL, BIZZARRO, SCHLOSSBERG, KIRKLAND, MAJOR,
COHEN, BISHOP, HENNESSEY, DONATUCCI, THOMAS, ROZZI,
LONGIETTI, MILLARD, READSHAW, V. BROWN, MURT, KINSEY,
MAHONEY, FARINA, DAVIDSON, WATSON, P. DALEY, SCHREIBER,
KORTZ, QUINN AND D. COSTA, AUGUST 18, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
AUGUST 18, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of September 28 through October 4, 2015, as
"Diaper Need Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "Diaper Need Awareness Week" will bring attention to
the insufficient supply of disposable diapers for children and
incontinent adults of this Commonwealth to remain clean, healthy
and dry; and
WHEREAS, The National Diaper Bank Network, a national
nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that every baby in
the United States can be clean, healthy and dry, reports that
nearly 5.3 million children in the United States three years of
age or younger suffer from diaper need; and
WHEREAS, Access to a reliable supply of clean diapers is a
necessity for the health and well-being of infants and toddlers,
their families, and child-care and health care providers; and
WHEREAS, Estimates show that disposable diapers cost as much
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