PRINTER'S NO. 3262
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
718
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, BARRAR, BIZZARRO, BURNS, CONKLIN,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, DeLUCA, ECKER, EVERETT, FREEMAN, GAINEY,
GREINER, HICKERNELL, HILL-EVANS, KIM, KINSEY, KORTZ,
LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON, OWLETT, PYLE,
READSHAW, RYAN, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHMITT, SONNEY, STAATS, THOMAS,
WHEELAND, YOUNGBLOOD AND WARREN, FEBRUARY 4, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 4, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2020 as "Brain Injury Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Brain injury refers to the death or injury of brain
cells and the disruption of neural pathways resulting in changes
in the way a person thinks, feels and acts; and
WHEREAS, Acquired brain injury (ABI) is an injury to the
brain secondary to trauma, stroke, aneurysms, postsurgical
complications or certain acquired disease processes; and
WHEREAS, It is estimated that more than 3.5 million children
and adults sustain an ABI each year; and
WHEREAS, More than 13.5 million Americans live with ABI,
including stroke; and
WHEREAS, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a subset of ABI, is an
insult to the brain caused by a direct blow to the head, the
head hitting an object or the head being shaken violently; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 2.8 million children and adults
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