PRINTER'S NO. 1256
No. 212 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CURRY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, ARGALL, BAKER, BARRAR,
BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP, BRENNAN, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
CREIGHTON, DALLY, DERMODY, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FREEMAN,
GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, FRANKEL, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA,
HARPER, HENNESSEY, HESS, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KENNEY, KORTZ, KULA,
LEACH, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK,
MARSICO, McILHATTAN, MELIO, MUNDY, MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR,
M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PHILLIPS, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY,
ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SAMUELSON, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH,
SOLOBAY, SURRA, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, VEREB,
VULAKOVICH, WANSACZ, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 16, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 16, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of April 2007 as "Hemophilia Awareness
2 Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Hemophilia is a genetic disorder that impairs the
4 body's ability to control bleeding; and
5 WHEREAS, Hemophilia is defined as excessive, uncontrollable
6 bleeding because of a missing or low-level clotting factor in
7 the blood; and
8 WHEREAS, Bleeding may occur even when there is no injury and
9 most often occurs in the joints and in the head; and
10 WHEREAS, There are approximately 20,000 United States
11 citizens with hemophilia, and each year approximately 400 babies
12 are born with the disorder; and
13 WHEREAS, There are approximately 1,700 citizens of this
1 Commonwealth living with hemophilia; and
2 WHEREAS, Hemophilia affects males almost exclusively and is
3 found in all populations; and
4 WHEREAS, There is no cure for hemophilia, a lifelong
5 condition that must be controlled with intravenous infusion of
6 factor replacement therapies; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
8 month of April 2007 as "Hemophilia Awareness Month" in
9 Pennsylvania.
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