PRINTER'S NO. 3786
No. 761 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY PAYTON, JOSEPHS, THOMAS, BELFANTI, BENNINGTON,
BEYER, BISHOP, BRENNAN, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN,
CURRY, CUTLER, DALEY, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO,
FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
HESS, HORNAMAN, JAMES, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANDERINO,
MANTZ, McCALL, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, MENSCH, MURT, MUSTIO,
MYERS, D. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, QUINN, RAMALEY,
RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SAYLOR,
SEIP, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATERS,
WATSON, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI AND BOBACK, MAY 20, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 20, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing June 10, 2008, 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
12 well-informed and independent decisions and the benefit of
13 appropriate support which removes barriers to care and
1 empowerment; and
2 WHEREAS, The complexity of ensuring health care for all
3 persons in need challenges society to find and create solutions
4 to the problem of the unavailability of health care; and
5 WHEREAS, The continuous, comprehensive, cooperative and
6 collaborative action of government, private industry, health
7 care providers and citizens can and must surmount this
8 challenge; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize June
10 10, 2008, as "Patient Advocate Day" in Pennsylvania.
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