CORRECTIVE REPRINT PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1452 PRINTER'S NO. 1480
No. 259 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PAYTON, WATSON, OLIVER, BAKER, BARRAR, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COHEN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HESS, JAMES, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, LEACH, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MOYER, MUNDY, MURT, MYERS, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PERZEL, PETRI, PHILLIPS, QUINN, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS, VEREB, WALKO, WATERS, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, HARHART, M. O'BRIEN, SHIMKUS, KULA, MARKOSEK, BELFANTI, CONKLIN, KORTZ, KENNEY AND GRUCELA, MAY 1, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 1, 2007
A RESOLUTION 1 Recognizing May 7, 2007, as "Patient Advocate Day" in 2 Pennsylvania. 3 WHEREAS, Access to health care is a basic human need and a 4 shared societal responsibility; and 5 WHEREAS, A patient who cannot access medical treatment or 6 survive the financial hardship of illness is one patient too 7 many; and 8 WHEREAS, A patient who receives a serious diagnosis should be 9 able to have relevant clinical information, empowerment within 10 the medical care system, timely and sustained medical care and 11 intervention, an ability to efficiently and effectively make
1 well-informed and independent decisions and the benefit of 2 appropriate support which removes barriers to care and 3 empowerment; and 4 WHEREAS, The complexity of ensuring health care for all 5 persons in need challenges society to find and create solutions 6 to the problem of nonavailability of health care; and 7 WHEREAS, The continuous, comprehensive, cooperative and 8 collaborative action of government, private industry, health 9 care providers and citizens can and must surmount this 10 challenge; therefore be it 11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize May 7, 12 2007, as "Patient Advocate Day" in Pennsylvania. D24L82JAM/20070H0259R1480 - 2 -