Bill Text: TX HCR43 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating February as Kidney Health Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2019.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-08 - Referred to Administration [HCR43 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HCR43-Introduced.html
| 86R9318 BK-D | ||
| By: Guillen | H.C.R. No. 43 | |
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| WHEREAS, More than 30 million people are estimated to have | ||
| kidney disease in the United States, and one in every three | ||
| Americans is at risk for developing the disease due to diabetes, | ||
| high blood pressure, or a family history of renal failure; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The kidneys are vital organs that perform a number | ||
| of tasks crucial to overall health, including filtering blood, | ||
| regulating blood pressure, and controlling red blood cell | ||
| production; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Chronic kidney disease is characterized by the | ||
| gradual loss of kidney function, which in advanced stages results | ||
| in the dangerous buildup of fluids, electrolytes, and wastes in the | ||
| body; because kidney disease often has few or no symptoms in its | ||
| early stages, it frequently goes unnoticed until kidney function is | ||
| significantly impaired; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Currently, there are more than 50,000 Texans | ||
| receiving dialysis due to impaired kidney function, and the cost of | ||
| providing this treatment is high, at an average of more than $80,000 | ||
| per person annually; in 2016, the total Medicare cost of chronic | ||
| kidney disease and end-stage renal disease was a combined $114 | ||
| billion; in addition, kidney patients comprise the vast majority of | ||
| those on the national organ transplant waiting list, where they | ||
| face a median wait time of 3.6 years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Chronic kidney disease imposes a heavy physical, | ||
| emotional, and economic burden, but studies have continuously | ||
| attested to the benefits of early detection and treatment in | ||
| reducing the incidence of end-stage renal disease and lessening the | ||
| need for renal dialysis and transplants to keep patients healthy; | ||
| the observance of Kidney Health Awareness Month provides an | ||
| opportunity to focus attention on a health issue that may be going | ||
| unnoticed by many thousands of Texans, as well as to highlight | ||
| chronic kidney disease as an urgent priority for our state; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate February as Kidney Health Awareness Month; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date that this resolution is | ||
| finally passed by the legislature. | ||
