PRINTER'S NO. 3849
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
999
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HEFFLEY, COHEN, PEIFER, TOOHIL, MACKENZIE,
PICKETT, COOK-ARTIS, DRISCOLL, DONATUCCI, VEREB, SAYLOR,
HENNESSEY, KIRKLAND, KINSEY, DiGIROLAMO, BIZZARRO, DEAN,
HICKERNELL, READSHAW, WHEELAND, SCHLOSSBERG, DUSH, SONNEY,
ROZZI, YOUNGBLOOD, KNOWLES, D. COSTA, BURNS, BENNINGHOFF,
MUSTIO, O'BRIEN, R. BROWN, WATSON, HARHART, MURT, SAMUELSON,
WARD, O'NEILL, PHILLIPS-HILL, RAPP, STAATS, MILLARD, ROSS,
PAYNE, GROVE, OBERLANDER, MAJOR, SAVAGE, MARSICO, GOODMAN,
EVERETT, GINGRICH, MARSHALL AND DEASY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of October 2016 as "Down Syndrome
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Down syndrome is a genetic condition that occurs in
approximately 1 in every 800 births; and
WHEREAS, The most common form of Down syndrome, trisomy 21,
is due to an error in cell division, just prior to or during
conception, with the 21st chromosome dividing in three instead
of two, resulting in a person's being born with 47 instead of 46
chromosomes in each cell; and
WHEREAS, There are more than 400,000 people of various
ethnic, racial, religious and socioeconomic groups with Down
syndrome living in the United States; and
WHEREAS, While people with Down syndrome are at a higher risk
for various conditions, such as congenital heart defects,
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