PRINTER'S NO. 3528
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
839
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY O'NEAL, ROTHMAN, OWLETT, PYLE, PASHINSKI,
HENNESSEY, KULIK, KORTZ, HILL-EVANS, BURNS, BIZZARRO,
SCHLOSSBERG, BERNSTINE, MURT, PICKETT, BROWN, LONGIETTI,
FREEMAN, T. DAVIS, JONES, ECKER, SCHLEGEL CULVER, MENTZER,
ULLMAN, RYAN, KIM, MILLARD, CIRESI, NEILSON, EVERETT, SAYLOR,
STAATS, ROWE, ROZZI, HEFFLEY, WARREN AND CONKLIN,
APRIL 6, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 6, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of April 2020 as "National Donate Life
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, In 2019, according to Donate Life America, more than
39,718 patients' lives were saved by transplants; and
WHEREAS, As of April 2020, more than 113,000 men, women and
children await organ transplants; and
WHEREAS, Another person is added to the national organ
transplant waiting list every 10 minutes; and
WHEREAS, A kidney from a living donor offers patients an
alternative to years on dialysis and time spent on the national
transplant waiting list; and
WHEREAS, Each day, an average of 80 Americans receive
lifesaving organ transplants, and thousands more benefit from
cornea and tissue transplants; and
WHEREAS, A single tissue donor can help 75 people; and
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WHEREAS, More than 155 million people, or approximately 58%
of the United States' adult population, are registered donors;
and
WHEREAS, According to the United Network for Organ Sharing
(UNOS), in 2019, more than 39,718 transplants were performed in
a single year for the first time in the United States, a
milestone which revealed the generosity of donors and their
families and marked the seventh consecutive record-breaking
year; and
WHEREAS, According to UNOS, during the 30-year span from 1988
to February 2019, a total of 790,000 transplants have been
performed nationwide; and
WHEREAS, According to Donate Life PA, 4.8 million
Pennsylvanians have said "yes" to organ and tissue donation by
adding the donor designation on their driver's license; and
WHEREAS, More than 7,500 men, women and children in this
Commonwealth are awaiting lifesaving organ transplants; and
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth has 18 transplant centers and is
recognized as a world leader in organ and tissue
transplantation; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
month of April 2020 as "National Donate Life Month" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives acknowledge the
generosity of donors and their families and the continuing need
for organ and tissue donation.
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