Bill Text: DE HR13 | 2011-2012 | 146th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: Recognizing May 12, 2011 As Fibromyalgia Awareness Day In Delaware.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-11 - Passed in House by Voice Vote [HR13 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2011-HR13-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Hudson; on behalf of all Representatives |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 146th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 13 |
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RECOGNIZING MAY 12, 2011 AS FIBROMYALGIA AWARENESS DAY IN DELAWARE. |
WHEREAS, an estimated 10 million Americans have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, most of them women; and
WHEREAS, fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder � becoming an increasingly common diagnosis and taking a toll emotionally, financially, and socially on patients, their family, friends, co-workers, and community; and
WHEREAS, as with other chronic pain conditions, many patients with fibromyalgia will consult multiple healthcare providers and often live with the pain for years before it is properly diagnosed and managed; and
WHEREAS, fibromyalgia continues to be poorly understood; fibromyalgia, if real, and can be devastating to patients and families; and
WHEREAS, presently there is no cure for fibromyalgia, but there are treatments that can help.Many people have found ways to have a good quality of life while living with fibromyalgia; and
WHEREAS, the chronically ill place a larger burden on the health care and insurance industries and businesses that must cover the costly expenses associated with their treatment, medications, and sometimes hospitalizations; and
WHEREAS, increased awareness and expanded knowledge of the realities of life with fibromyalgia will allow the community at large to better support patients and their family, friends, co-workers, and employers who struggle with the challenges of this chronic pain disorder; and
WHEREAS, there are common insurance barriers that impede access to pain care for those with fibromyalgia; promoting undue suffering and untreated, undertreated, or inappropriately-treated pain.
NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 146th General Assembly of the State of Delaware that we hereby recognize the needs of these chronically-ill people and proclaim May 12, 2011 as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day in Delaware, and urge all of our citizens to support the search for a cure and assist those individuals and families who deal with this devastating disorder on a daily basis.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitably prepared copy of this Resolution be presented to the American Pain Foundation.
SYNOPSIS
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This Resolution recognizes May 12, 2011 as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day in Delaware. |
