PRINTER'S NO. 1383
No. 124 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY HERSHEY, CLYMER, ADOLPH, CLARK, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG,
BAKER, BARD, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CAWLEY, CIVERA,
L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN, COLAFELLA, WALKO, WASHINGTON,
CORRIGAN, COY, CURRY, DeLUCA, DERMODY, DONATUCCI, DAILEY,
EACHUS, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE,
GIGLIOTTI, GODSHALL, WILLIAMS, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LYNCH, MAHER, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANN,
WOJNAROSKI, ZUG, YOUNGBLOOD, MANDERINO, MARKOSEK, MARSICO,
MASLAND, McCALL, McGILL, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO,
MICOZZIE, S. MILLER, MUNDY, MYERS, NAILOR, ORIE, PESCI,
PETRONE, PIPPY, PISTELLA, PLATTS, PRESTON, RAMOS, RAYMOND,
READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SANTONI, SATHER, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SERAFINI, SEYFERT,
SHANER, B. SMITH, STABACK, STERN, STURLA, E. Z. TAYLOR,
J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO AND TRUE,
APRIL 13, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 13, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring June 1999 as "Leukemia Awareness Month" in
2 Pennsylvania and urging all citizens of this Commonwealth to
3 join in its observance.
4 WHEREAS, This year more than 145,000 Americans will be
5 stricken with leukemia or one of its related diseases of
6 lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and multiple myeloma; and
7 WHEREAS, Four in every 100,000 children in the United States
8 between two and ten years of age will be diagnosed with leukemia
9 this year; and
10 WHEREAS, More children die from leukemia than from any other
1 disease; and
2 WHEREAS, Leukemia strikes ten times as many adults as
3 children and is the leading fatal malignant disease in men and
4 women under 35 years of age; and
5 WHEREAS, The overall survival rate of leukemia has doubled in
6 the past 20 years, and the effectiveness of recently developed
7 treatment methods and steady advances in research bring us
8 closer to finding the probable causes and cures for leukemia and
9 related cancers; and
10 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America, a voluntary health
11 organization, depends solely on the voluntary contributions of
12 time and money by concerned businesses, groups and individuals;
13 and
14 WHEREAS, A primary goal of the Leukemia Society of America is
15 to promote increased state and Federal funding of biomedical
16 research: and
17 WHEREAS, Finding the causes and eventual cures for leukemia,
18 lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and multiple myeloma relies on
19 continued funding and research; and
20 WHEREAS, Past biomedical research is responsible for the most
21 common form of childhood leukemia being considered as a
22 potentially curable disease; and
23 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America, together with
24 regional and local chapters, is dedicated to improving the
25 quality of life of patients and their families; and
26 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America provides annual
27 financial assistance to more than 6,000 patients with leukemia
28 and related cancers for expenditures not met by other sources;
29 and
30 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America is undertaking a
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1 nationwide campaign to find a cure by the year 2000; therefore
2 be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the month
4 of June 1999 as "Leukemia Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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