Bill Text: NY K00095 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing the Governor to proclaim February 14, 2019, as A Day for Hearts: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-18)

Status: (Passed) 2019-02-12 - adopted [K00095 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00095-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 95

BY: M. of A. Gunther

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        February  14,  2019, as A Day for Hearts: Congenital
        Heart Defect Awareness Day in the State of New York

  WHEREAS, This  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to  memorialize
Governor  Andrew  M.  Cuomo  to proclaim February 14, 2019, as A Day for
Hearts:  Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day in the State of New York,
in conjunction with Congenital Heart  Defect  Awareness  Week,  February
14-17,  2019,  an  annual awareness effort that helps educate the public
about Congenital Heart Defects; and

  WHEREAS, Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) are those existing at birth;
about 36,000 children born have some kind of defect of  the  heart,  and
about 1.8 million families in the United States are affected by CHD; and

  WHEREAS,  With familiarity of the disorder, more diagnoses are being
made of what was not long ago thought to be an extremely  rare  disorder
and not repairable; and

  WHEREAS,  CHD is among the most common birth defects, about nine out
of every 1,000 infants born each year have a defect of the heart, and is
the leading cause of defect-related deaths; and

  WHEREAS, Many children born with CHDs continue to  die  due  to  the
severity  of  the defect, the heart defect not being detected in time, a
lack of donor hearts, or failure of the use of medical intervention; and

  WHEREAS, CHD is being researched by numerous professionals, at least
35 defects are now recognized, in order to more accurately describe  its
origin,  physical  signs and symptoms and surgical options; however, the
amount of funding for education, research, and support is small; and

  WHEREAS, It is imperative that there be greater public awareness  of
this  serious  health  issue  so  that  early diagnosis and intervention
become a top priority, and more must be done to increase activity at the
local, State and national levels to support and protect our  youth,  our
most precious resource, as well as their families; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim February 14, 2019, as A
Day for Hearts: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day in  the  State  of
New York; and be it further

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