PRINTER'S NO. 2409
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
463
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, BARRAR, BERNSTINE, BIZZARRO, BOBACK,
BRIGGS, BROOKS, BROWN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CIRESI,
COOK, COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DAY, DEASY, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI,
ECKER, EMRICK, EVERETT, FITZGERALD, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, FRITZ,
GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, GREINER, HAHN, HARKINS, HELM, HENNESSEY,
HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD, JAMES,
JONES, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, KIM, KINSEY, KLUNK, KORTZ,
KOSIEROWSKI, KULIK, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MATZIE,
McCLINTON, McNEILL, MEHAFFIE, MILLARD, B. MILLER, MIZGORSKI,
MOUL, MURT, NEILSON, O'NEAL, OBERLANDER, OWLETT, PASHINSKI,
PICKETT, POLINCHOCK, PYLE, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, ROTHMAN,
ROZZI, RYAN, SAYLOR, SCHEMEL, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHMITT,
SHUSTERMAN, SONNEY, STAATS, STEPHENS, THOMAS, TOEPEL, ULLMAN,
WENTLING, WHEELAND, ZIMMERMAN, DRISCOLL, O'MARA, BOROWICZ,
RAPP AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2019 as "Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Childhood cancers make up less than 1% of all
cancers diagnosed each year and childhood cancer rates have been
rising slightly for the past few decades; and
WHEREAS, Childhood cancer is the second leading cause of
death in children under 15 years of age, exceeded only by
accidents, and more than 1,100 children are expected to die from
cancer in 2019; and
WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that more than
11,000 children in the United States under 15 years of age will
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