Bill Text: PA HR463 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing November 2011 as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 36-17)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-24 - Adopted (197-0) [HR463 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR463-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2578
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 463 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY EVERETT, BAKER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, D. COSTA, DALEY, DiGIROLAMO, FLECK, GEIST, GOODMAN, GRELL, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MAJOR, MARSICO, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROCK, CULVER, SONNEY, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, GILLEN, GIBBONS, MAHONEY, HESS, GINGRICH, AUMENT AND REICHLEY, OCTOBER 19, 2011
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 19, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing November 2011 as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The children of Pennsylvania are our most important
resource and the very foundation of the future of our
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Hundreds of infants living in Pennsylvania die each
year in preventable tragedies because they are placed in unsafe
sleeping environments; and
WHEREAS, In April 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics
Task Force on Infant Sleep Position recommended that infants be
placed on their backs to sleep; and
WHEREAS, The safest sleeping environment for babies is alone
on their backs in an empty crib with a tightly fitted sheet and
sufficient sleepwear; and
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WHEREAS, Parents, grandparents, relatives and day-care
providers have access to resources to learn more about providing
babies with safe sleep environments at www.nichd.nih.gov; and
WHEREAS, The month of November is an opportunity to inform or
remind all caregivers to check infant sleep environments to help
prevent needless tragedies; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize
November 2011 as "Infant Safe Sleep Month" in Pennsylvania.
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