PRINTER'S NO. 3349
No. 326 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, GEORGE, MARKOSEK, SCHRODER, BROWNE,
BELARDI, HERMAN, THOMAS, FAIRCHILD, BAKER, DONATUCCI,
CAPPABIANCA, COY, TIGUE, SATHER, READSHAW, STURLA, NYCE,
HERSHEY, RUBLEY, GEIST, STABACK, HENNESSEY, TRAVAGLIO,
E. Z. TAYLOR, LEDERER, WALKO, DiGIROLAMO, BUNT, NAILOR,
PETTIT, ROBERTS, HESS, SEMMEL, VANCE, DeLUCA, MANDERINO,
SERAFINI, PISTELLA, McGEEHAN, FARGO, GIGLIOTTI, SHANER,
MELIO, YOUNGBLOOD, FAJT, FICHTER, ITKIN, JOSEPHS, TRUE,
MARSICO, B. SMITH, RAMOS, CORNELL, ROONEY, PESCI, MILLER AND
BARD, MARCH 27, 1996
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 27, 1996
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring April 10, 1996, as "Osteoporosis Prevention and
2 Treatment Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Osteoporosis is a bone disease and a public health
4 problem; and
5 WHEREAS, Osteoporosis poses a threat to the quality of life
6 of many Pennsylvanians; and
7 WHEREAS, The annual direct and indirect cost of osteoporosis
8 to our health care system is estimated to rise to between $60
9 billion and $80 billion by the year 2020; and
10 WHEREAS, One in two women and one in five men will suffer an
11 osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime; and
12 WHEREAS, Osteoporosis affects more than 25 million Americans
13 annually, 80% of them women; and
1 WHEREAS, Osteoporosis costs the nation over $10 billion
2 annually, more than congenital heart failure and asthma;
3 therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare April 10,
5 1996, as "Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Awareness Day"
6 in Pennsylvania in an effort to benefit the health of the
7 citizens of this Commonwealth.
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