Bill Text: NY K00453 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 2021, as Sepsis Awareness Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-10 - adopted [K00453 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K00453-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 453

BY: M. of A. Gottfried

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        September  2021,  as  Sepsis  Awareness Month in the
        State of New York

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of  this  Legislative  Body  to  recognize
official  months  that  are  set  aside to increase awareness of serious
health issues that affect the lives of citizens of New York State; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this  Legislative  Body  to  memorialize
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim September 2021, as Sepsis Awareness
Month  in  the  State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of
National Sepsis Month; and

  WHEREAS, Sepsis is a life threatening response to  infection,  which
causes  tissue  damage,  organ  failure,  and death; severely restricted
blood flow can contribute to the onset  of  septic  shock,  causing  the
formation  of  blood clots in organs throughout the body; typically, the
body will release chemicals  into  the  bloodstream  to  defend  against
infection; and

  WHEREAS,  This  serious health issue occurs when the body's reaction
is atypical, triggering alterations, which can cause significant  damage
to  multiple  organs;  certain  population groups are more vulnerable to
developing sepsis, such as the young, elderly, individuals with  chronic
illness, and those with compromised immune systems; and

  WHEREAS,  One  out  of  three  people will develop sepsis over their
lifetime and 1.7 million more are diagnosed with this  health  condition
annually; and

  WHEREAS,  270,000 people die each year from sepsis and approximately
50,000 New Yorkers are affected by this condition,  including  New  York
State Senator Jose Peralta who died from sudden septic shock on November
21, 2018; and

  WHEREAS,  National  Sepsis Month is recognized throughout the United
States each September; and

  WHEREAS, It is imperative upon all residents of  this  great  Empire
State  that  attention  be brought to this debilitating health condition
affecting so many of our friends,  family  and  neighbors  in  New  York
State; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo  to  proclaim  September  2021,  as
Sepsis Awareness Month in the State of New York; 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;  Home  Care  Association  of  New  York  State;  IPRO; Sepsis
Alliance; and The Rory Staunton Foundation.