CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1361 PRINTER'S NO. 1470
No. 236 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, SAINATO, GIBBONS,
DONATUCCI, COHEN, BISHOP, MUSTIO, BEYER, BAKER, DiGIROLAMO,
GEORGE, CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN, DALEY, FABRIZIO, GEIST,
GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, JAMES,
KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LEACH, MANN, MANTZ, MARSICO,
McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MYERS, PHILLIPS, REICHLEY, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, VEREB,
MOYER, GILLESPIE AND RAPP, APRIL 23, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 23, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of May 21 through 25, 2007, 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, The CMTA is leading the charge for educational
13 programs dedicated to training doctors at medical colleges in
14 this 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 23, 2007; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
5 week of May 21 through 25, 2007, as "Charcot-Marie-Tooth
6 Association Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
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