Bill Text: NY K00040 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Resolution 40 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim January 20-26, 2019, as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-12)

Status: (Passed) 2019-01-22 - adopted [K00040 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00040-Introduced.html


Assembly Resolution No. 40

BY: M. of A. Paulin

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        January  20-26,  2019, as Certified Registered Nurse
        Anesthetist (CRNA) Week in the State of New York

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to  recognize  an
official  week  that is set aside to inform key audiences about the role
and value  of  CRNAs  in  delivering  anesthesia  care  in  today's  and
tomorrow's United States healthcare system; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, it is the sense of this  Legislative  Body  to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim January 20-26, 2019, as
CRNA  Week  in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance
of National CRNA Week; and

  WHEREAS, CRNAs are essential to America's healthcare  system;  these
dedicated   health   professionals  have  been  providing  high-quality,
cost-effective anesthesia care for more than 150 years, and have  safely
administered approximately 43 million anesthetics to patients each year;
and

  WHEREAS,  Nurse  Anesthetists  were  the first professional group to
provide anesthesia in the United States, and are the  oldest  recognized
group of advanced practice registered nurse specialists; and

  WHEREAS,  These  registered  nurses  have completed a graduate-level
educational  program  in  a  nationally  accredited  program  of   nurse
anesthesia,  and,  after  graduation,  they  are  qualified  to take the
national certifying examination; and

  WHEREAS, Nurses first provided anesthesia to wounded soldiers during
the Civil War; since World War I, nurse anesthetists have been the  main
provider  of  anesthesia care to United States military personnel on the
front lines; today, these remarkable men and women serve our soldiers in
conflicts throughout the Middle East; and

  WHEREAS, CRNAs are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural
America, enabling healthcare facilities in these  medically  underserved
areas to offer obstetrical, surgical, and trauma stabilization services;
in some states, CRNAs are the sole providers in nearly 100% of the rural
hospitals; and

  WHEREAS,  CRNAs  practice  in  every  setting in which anesthesia is
delivered including traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical
delivery rooms; the offices of dentists, podiatrists,  ophthalmologists,
and  plastic  surgeons;  ambulatory  surgical centers; and United States
Military and Public Health Services and Veterans Administration  medical
facilities; and

  WHEREAS,  Each  day, New Yorkers benefit from the caring and skilled
attention of these individuals and it is appropriate  to  recognize  the
innumerable  contributions  of  CRNAs  by  designating a special week in
their honor; and


  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize these
exceptional  healthcare professionals for their outstanding contribution
in adding to  the  quality  of  life  in  our  State  and  Nation;  now,
therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim January 20-26, 2019, as
CRNA Week in the State of New York, in recognition of  our  appreciation
of  CRNAs, and to celebrate their dedication and professionalism; and be
it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to  The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
New York, and Board Members of the New York State Association  of  Nurse
Anesthetists.