Bill Text: NY K00738 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 24-30, 2022, as Medical Laboratory Professionals Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-04-25 - adopted [K00738 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K00738-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 738

BY: M. of A. Clark

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        April   24-30,   2022,   as    Medical    Laboratory
        Professionals Week in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense of this Legislative Body that those who
give outstanding service to the people of this Empire  State  and  whose
extraordinary achievements save lives and keep people healthy profoundly
strengthen our shared commitment to family and community life; and

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to memorialize
Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim  April  24-30,  2022,  as  Medical
Laboratory  Professionals  Week in the State of New York, in conjunction
with the observance of National Medical Laboratory  Professionals  Week;
and

  WHEREAS,  This  47th anniversary of Medical Laboratory Professionals
Week, commemorates the professionals who worked endlessly throughout the
pandemic, playing a vital role in combating rising health  crises  at  a
national level; and

  WHEREAS,  The  300,000 Laboratory professionals in the United States
and the 13,733 in New York State,  are  highly-trained  specialists  who
perform  and  evaluate crucial tests to detect and diagnose disease, and
monitor treatment; and

  WHEREAS, Laboratory  professionals  have  administered  millions  of
COVID tests throughout the pandemic that ensure the health of the nation
and  innovated  new  methods  of  testing  and  treatment that will help
sustain national health in the future; and

  WHEREAS, National medical laboratory professional's week  serves  to
educate  the  public,  government, and private sectors about their vital
roles; and

  WHEREAS, With the public now  demanding  the  assurance  of  quality
health  care  and professional accountability, the essential role of the
medical laboratory professional has increased significantly; and

  WHEREAS, Americans benefit daily from the knowledge  and  skills  of
these  highly trained individuals and it is appropriate to recognize the
value  and  accomplishments  of  medical  laboratory  professionals   by
designating a special week in their honor; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to  proclaim  April  24-30,  2022,  as
Medical  Laboratory  Professionals 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.