PRINTER'S NO. 2698
No. 473 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CURRY, BAKER, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BENNINGTON,
BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DePASQUALE,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GALLOWAY,
GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY,
HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KOTIK, KULA,
LENTZ, MACKERETH, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK,
MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL, MOYER, MUSTIO, MYERS, NAILOR,
M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PARKER, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, RAMALEY, RAPP,
READSHAW, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO,
SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, SWANGER, TANGRETTI,
THOMAS, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI AND
YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 22, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 22, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of October 2007 as "Sudden Infant Death
2 Syndrome Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania and recognizing the
3 need for an education and prevention program that focuses on
4 the risk factors for SIDS and safe sleeping practices for
5 newborns and infants.
6 WHEREAS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the unexpected
7 and sudden death of apparently healthy babies in which no cause
8 of death can be found after an autopsy and death scene
9 investigation, is the third most common cause of death among
10 newborns, claiming the lives of more than 2,100 babies each
11 year; and
12 WHEREAS, The National Institute of Child Health and Human
13 Development, the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Infant
1 Death Program and the American Academy of Pediatrics provide
2 recommendations for safe sleeping positions and environmental
3 factors that may help reduce the risk of SIDS; and
4 WHEREAS, Infants in this Commonwealth continue to die from
5 SIDS, and caregivers are unaware of risk reduction practices,
6 including placing babies on their backs to sleep, choosing safe
7 bedding, keeping babies from overheating, choosing breastfeeding
8 when possible and creating tobacco-free environments; and
9 WHEREAS, Increasing public awareness among all parents and
10 infant caregivers in this Commonwealth through education
11 regarding the importance of creating a safe sleeping environment
12 has great potential for saving lives; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
14 month of October 2007 as "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness
15 Month" in Pennsylvania.
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