THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY SCAVELLO, McCALL, PEIFER, SIPTROTH, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BEYER, BOYD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DERMODY, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GROVE, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MENSCH, MILLARD, MOUL, MURPHY, MUSTIO, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, QUINN, READSHAW, ROHRER, ROSS, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SONNEY, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, GOODMAN, CONKLIN AND PICKETT, FEBRUARY 5, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 5, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the month of March 2009 as "National Athletic

Training Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Quality health care is vital for individuals

involved in physical activity; and

WHEREAS, Certified athletic trainers have a long history of

providing quality health care for athletes and persons engaged

in physical activity based on specific tasks, knowledge and

skills acquired through nationally regulated educational

processes; and

WHEREAS, Athletic training involves prevention of injuries,

recognition, evaluation and aggressive treatment,

rehabilitation, health care administration, education, research

and guidance; and

WHEREAS, Athletic training was recognized by the American

Medical Association in 1990 as an allied health care profession;

and

WHEREAS, The National Athletic Trainers' Association

represents and supports the more than 30,000 members of the

athletic training profession employed in professional sports,

colleges and universities, high schools, clinics and hospitals,

corporate and industrial settings and the military; and

WHEREAS, Leading organizations have joined together to raise

public awareness of athletic training and to emphasize the

importance of quality health care for athletes and persons

engaged in physical activity, with the aim of improving health

care for athletes and physically active people and promoting

certified athletic trainers as allied health professionals;

therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the

month of March 2009 as "National Athletic Training Month" in

Pennsylvania.