PRINTER'S NO. 2394
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
489
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SCHWEYER, HENNESSEY, BIZZARRO, DONATUCCI, ROZZI,
THOMAS, RYAN, DRISCOLL, DiGIROLAMO, MURT, YOUNGBLOOD,
SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, DUSH, FREEMAN, WARREN, CALTAGIRONE,
McNEILL, SOLOMON, MILLARD, WARD, PASHINSKI, KINSEY,
LONGIETTI, BURNS, MACKENZIE, DEASY, SAINATO, ROTHMAN,
READSHAW, NEILSON, SANKEY, GOODMAN, D. COSTA, J. HARRIS,
MARSICO, GILLEN, MASSER, CONKLIN, RAPP, FARRY AND WATSON,
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2017 as "Military Suicide
Prevention and Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Current studies confirm a high suicide rate among
recent veterans; and
WHEREAS, It is estimated that nationwide 22 veterans take
their own lives each day; and
WHEREAS, Veterans who have served on active duty in the
military since the start of the Global War on Terror and
operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have committed suicide at a
much higher rate than those who have never served in the
military; and
WHEREAS, A new analysis published in the February 2015 issue
of the Annals of Epidemiology tracked all 1,282,074 veterans who
served in active-duty units between 2001 and 2007 and left the
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