Bill Text: PA HR421 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commending the May 2, 2009, opening of the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-28)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-19 - Adopted [HR421 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR421-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2501
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 421 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY WALKO, D. COSTA, FRANKEL, WHEATLEY, P. COSTA, BAKER, BARRAR, BEYER, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CUTLER, DEASY, DeLUCA, DERMODY, DONATUCCI, FLECK, GEORGE, GERGELY, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARKINS, HELM, HESS, JOHNSON, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LEVDANSKY, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, MATZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, PALLONE, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PRESTON, RAPP, READSHAW, ROCK, SAINATO, SIPTROTH, M. SMITH, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD, BRENNAN AND DiGIROLAMO, JULY 24, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JULY 24, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Commending the May 2, 2009, opening of the Children's Hospital
of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh.
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is the only
hospital in western Pennsylvania devoted exclusively to the care
of infants and children; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC cares
for about 600,000 patients each year, with more than 40%
receiving medical assistance; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is
enhancing the economic viability of the City of Pittsburgh,
Allegheny County and western Pennsylvania with the creation of
new, full-time jobs in the hospital and existing or start-up
research companies; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is an
integrated wireless hospital, systematically ensuring rigorous
oversight and patient safety; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is one
of only seven pediatric hospitals to achieve a Top Hospital
ranking in 2008 in patient safety by the Leapfrog Group; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is
named consistently to elite lists of pediatric health care
facilities; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC was
selected by the National Institutes of Health as a center for
excellence for training the nation's future pediatric leaders in
pediatric research; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has
one of this nation's fastest growing pediatric research
programs; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC was
ranked eighth among children's hospitals in 2006 in funding
provided by the National Institutes of Health; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is an
environmentally sustainable pediatric center; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC's
transplantation program, the nation's first, performs more
transplants and more kinds of transplants with the highest
survival rates nationwide; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
educates and trains 240 future pediatricians each year; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC's
health care professionals are specifically trained to address
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the unique needs of sick and injured children; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC offers
its expertise and promotes community-wide programs at locations
throughout western Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
enhances the patient and family experience through
transformation; and
WHEREAS, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is
where patients and their families find strength, energy and hope
for a promising future; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend the
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center, a nationally and internationally
renowned pediatric center, for its outstanding clinical
services, medical education and research programs in its new
location in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of the City of
Pittsburgh.
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