Bill Text: TX HR1786 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Urging the United States Congress to direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to undertake a study of urotrauma among members of the military.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-01 - Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs [HR1786 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HR1786-Introduced.html
  83R21742 BPG-D
 
  By: Smith H.R. No. 1786
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Urotrauma is an issue of growing concern to active
  military personnel and veterans of the armed forces; and
         WHEREAS, Today, injuries to the genitourinary system
  constitute up to 10 percent of battlefield injuries, and such
  injuries are increasing in complexity as well as in number; trauma
  to the genitourinary organs is both physically and psychologically
  debilitating, and it can have a devastating impact on reproductive
  and other functions; and
         WHEREAS, Although urotrauma profoundly affects many members
  and former members of the military, such injuries have not been
  adequately studied; there is a pressing need for greater education,
  awareness, and research and for a stronger focus on urotrauma in
  terms of policy and the health care delivery system; and
         WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to their
  wounded warriors, and to ensure that those who have suffered
  urotrauma receive proper treatment, it is vital to undertake a
  comprehensive study encompassing the prevention, incidence,
  morbidity, and mortality as well as the social and economic
  implications of such injuries; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
  Legislature hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to
  direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans
  Affairs to undertake a study of urotrauma among members of the
  military, evaluating and identifying the current abilities of the
  departments to diagnose, prevent, and treat urotrauma and related
  infertility; in addition, the study should (1) analyze the
  incidence, duration, morbidity rate, and mortality rate of
  urotrauma, and (2) develop a long-term plan for the use and
  organization of federal resources to improve the diagnosis,
  prevention, and treatment of urotrauma among active duty members
  and veterans of the armed forces; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of
  this resolution to the president of the United States, to the
  president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
  Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
  members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
  this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record
  as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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