Bill Text: NY J01922 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 7-14, 2022, as Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-02-15 - ADOPTED [J01922 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-J01922-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1922

BY: Senator HOYLMAN

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        February 7-14, 2022,  as  Congenital  Heart  Disease
        Awareness Week in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to memorialize
Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February  7-14,  2022,  as  Congenital
Heart  Disease  Awareness  Week in the State of New York, in conjunction
with the observance of February 14, 2022, as National  Congenital  Heart
Disease Awareness Day; and

  WHEREAS,  Adult  Congenital  Heart  Association  (ACHA)  is the only
nonprofit in the country dedicated solely to the  unique  needs  of  the
nearly 2 million adults who were born with heart defects; and

  WHEREAS,   The  Adult  Congenital  Heart  Association  empowers  and
supports all those who were born with a heart defect, their loved  ones,
and the medical community who cares for them in New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Congenital  heart  defect  (CHD)  is the most common birth
defect in the United States, with nearly 1 in 100 babies born each  year
with CHD; and

  WHEREAS,  Advances  and  innovations  in  pediatric  cardiology have
increased long-term survival of children born with CHD; and

  WHEREAS, For more than a decade,  the  number  of  adults  with  CHD
exceeds  the  number  of  children with CHD and this number continues to
grow exponentially; and

  WHEREAS, Congenital  heart  disease  requires  lifelong  specialized
cardiac care; and

  WHEREAS,  The  mission  of  ACHA  is to empower the CHD community by
advancing  access  to  resources  and  specialized  care  that   improve
patient-centered outcomes; and

  WHEREAS,  Remaining  true  to  its mission, Congenital Heart Disease
Awareness Week and Congenital Heart Disease  Awareness  Day  honors  and
celebrates  New  York  residents with CHD and their contributions to our
community; and

  WHEREAS, It is imperative that there be greater  awareness  of  this
serious  health condition, and more must be done to increase activity at
the local, State and National levels; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim February 7-14, 2022, as
Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week in the State of New York; and be
it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.