PRINTER'S NO. 2349
No. 253 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BEBKO-JONES, RUBLEY, ARGALL, BELARDI, BELFANTI,
BISHOP, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA,
CARN, CAWLEY, CLARK, M. COHEN, CLYMER, L. I. COHEN, CORRIGAN,
CURRY, DALEY, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, EVANS, FAIRCHILD,
FICHTER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, SATHER, SCHULER,
SEYFERT, B. SMITH, STEELMAN, STURLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
TRAVAGLIO, VAN HORNE, WILLIAMS, WRIGHT, YUDICHAK, MANN,
MARSICO, McCALL, MELIO, S. MILLER, NAILOR, PIPPY, PLATTS,
RAMOS, ROBINSON, ROONEY, SANTONI, LUCYK, LEDERER, KENNEY,
JOSEPHS, HORSEY, HERMAN, GODSHALL, SCHRODER, SCRIMENTI,
SHANER, STABACK, STRITTMATTER, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR, TIGUE,
TRUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, MANDERINO, MARKOSEK,
MASLAND, McILHATTAN, MICHLOVIC, MUNDY, PESCI, PISTELLA,
PRESTON, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, MAITLAND, LESCOVITZ,
LAUGHLIN, KAISER, JAMES, HERSHEY, HALUSKA, GIGLIOTTI, RAYMOND
AND SEMMEL, OCTOBER 4, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 4, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of October 3 through 9, 1999, as "Mental
2 Illness Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Serious mental illnesses are biological brain
4 disorders that are definable and treatable; and
5 WHEREAS, More than one million people throughout this
6 Commonwealth are affected by a form of mental illness, such as
7 schizophrenia, manic depression, clinical depression, panic
8 disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder; and
9 WHEREAS, With treatment, success rates for severe and
10 persistent mental illnesses range between 60% and 80% better
1 than the treatment success rates for many physiological
2 illnesses; and
3 WHEREAS, Many individuals with mental illness are capable of
4 working, attending college and making important contributions to
5 their communities and this Commonwealth; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the week
7 of October 3 through 9, 1999, as "Mental Illness Awareness Week"
8 in Pennsylvania.
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