PRINTER'S NO. 2523
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
586
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SANKEY, BAKER, BISHOP, V. BROWN, BULLOCK,
CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, COHEN, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, DUSH, FARINA, GILLEN, HELM, HENNESSEY,
PHILLIPS-HILL, IRVIN, JOZWIAK, KILLION, KIM, KINSEY, KOTIK,
LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MARSICO, MILLARD, MILNE, NEILSON, PICKETT,
RAPP, READSHAW, ROSS, SANTORA, SONNEY, THOMAS, VEREB, WARD,
WATSON, WHEELAND AND YOUNGBLOOD, NOVEMBER 16, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating November 17, 2015, as "Coats Eye Disease Awareness
Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, There are multiple debilitating eye diseases that
affect millions of Pennsylvanians and others throughout the
country; and
WHEREAS, Coats eye disease is a rare eye disease that mostly
afflicts young children and teenagers; and
WHEREAS, Coats eye disease can cause blood vessels in one or
both eyes to develop abnormally, causing leakage of blood into
the eye and resulting in trauma, damage, partial or total
blindness or even removal of the eye without early detection,
treatment or surgery; and
WHEREAS, Coats eye disease is still not widely known and can
be misdiagnosed by some in the medical community, even among
retinal specialists; and
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WHEREAS, Coats eye disease is classified as an orphan disease
yet impacts thousands in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania can be a leader in promoting awareness,
research, study and, ultimately, cures for many of these rare
diseases, including Coats eye disease; and
WHEREAS, "Coats Eye Disease Awareness Day" is an important
nationwide tool for raising awareness among governmental
officials, medical professionals, academic institutions,
commercial ventures and the public about this rare disease and
efforts to increase early detection toward finding a cure;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
November 17, 2015, as "Coats Eye Disease Awareness Day" in
Pennsylvania, in support of efforts to broaden awareness of this
rare disease, promote and enable early detection and advance
treatments, achieve prevention, further scientific research and
find a cure for this disease.
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