Bill Text: TX HR1483 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Wenter Blair Anderson of Ponder for raising awareness about Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-10 - Reported enrolled [HR1483 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1483-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1483 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Wenter Blair Anderson of Ponder has worked | ||
| tirelessly to raise awareness about the genetic cardiovascular | ||
| disorder known as Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH); and | ||
| WHEREAS, A life-threatening hereditary condition, Familial | ||
| Hypercholesterolemia causes high levels of LDL cholesterol, and if | ||
| left untreated, increases the risk of heart attacks and | ||
| cardiovascular disease; it is estimated that 1 in 250 people | ||
| worldwide and 1.3 million Americans suffer from FH, though less | ||
| than 10 percent of those affected are ever diagnosed prior to an | ||
| unexpected heart attack or stroke in early adulthood; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since learning that she and her son both tested | ||
| positive for FH, Wenter Blair Anderson has dedicated herself to | ||
| educating the public about the disorder; she has advocated for | ||
| legislation that would require all incoming third and fourth | ||
| graders in Texas to have a lipid panel to screen for FH, and she has | ||
| been invited to speak at a number of medical conferences, including | ||
| the first global symposium for pediatric and adolescent FH in | ||
| Athens, Greece, and the Go Red Luncheons in Dallas and Colorado | ||
| Springs, Colorado; furthermore, she is a founding board member and | ||
| former vice president of the FH Foundation, and she also serves on | ||
| the National Lipid Association Foundation Board of Directors and | ||
| has served on the American Heart Association Texas Legislative | ||
| Advisory Board; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Public awareness is a crucial tool in helping to | ||
| ensure that more cases of FH are diagnosed and treated as early as | ||
| possible, and Wenter Blair Anderson is indeed worthy of recognition | ||
| for her efforts to address this serious medical condition; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend Wenter Blair Anderson for raising | ||
| awareness about Familial Hypercholesterolemia and extend to her | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued success with her important work; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Anderson as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Parker | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1483 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 9, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
