PRINTER'S NO. 3968
No. 737 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY WOJNAROSKI, DeWEESE, LEDERER, YOUNGBLOOD, BISHOP,
CRUZ, SAINATO, GRUCELA, MUSTIO, TIGUE, NAILOR, GEORGE,
CALTAGIRONE, MELIO, STABACK, McGILL, HERSHEY, BEYER,
B. SMITH, FRANKEL, PALLONE, McILHATTAN, GINGRICH, RUBLEY,
LaGROTTA, WALKO, BAKER, HUTCHINSON, CRAHALLA, MARKOSEK,
SHANER, LEH, PHILLIPS, REICHLEY, MILLARD, TANGRETTI,
SCAVELLO, CIVERA, ROSS, GEIST, PARKER AND BALDWIN,
APRIL 26, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 26, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of May 22 through 26, 2006, as "Charcot-
2 Marie-Tooth Association Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) is the most common
4 inherited neurological disorder, affecting approximately 150,000
5 persons in the United States; and
6 WHEREAS, The Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA) in
7 Chester, Pennsylvania, has educated and served this Commonwealth
8 for more than 20 years; and
9 WHEREAS, While there is no cure for CMT, physical therapy
10 improves the muscle strength and endurance of persons with CMT;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, CMTA is leading the charge for educational programs
13 dedicated to training doctors at medical colleges in this
14 Commonwealth to identify and treat CMT symptoms; and
1 WHEREAS, The CMTA is celebrating "CMT Patients Day" at the
2 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey,
3 Pennsylvania, on May 24, 2006; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
5 week of May 22 through 26, 2006, as "Charcot-Marie-Tooth
6 Association Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
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