Bill Text: TX HR2129 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing November 2017 as Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2129-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing November 2017 as Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2129-Introduced.html
85R28575 BPG-D | ||
By: Kuempel | H.R. No. 2129 |
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WHEREAS, Medical experts warn that diabetes dramatically | ||
increases the risk of heart disease; and | ||
WHEREAS, More than 29 million Americans are affected with | ||
diabetes, the nation's seventh-leading cause of death; in type 1 | ||
diabetes, the body fails to produce sufficient insulin, while in | ||
the vastly more common type 2 diabetes, the body cannot use insulin | ||
properly; both forms of the illness can cause spikes in blood sugar | ||
that can eventually damage nerves and blood vessels, resulting in a | ||
higher risk of heart disease and stroke; moreover, people with | ||
diabetes often have a number of other risk factors, among them | ||
excess weight, inactive lifestyles, high blood pressure, and high | ||
cholesterol; and | ||
WHEREAS, According to the Cleveland Clinic, diabetes | ||
patients are up to four times as likely as members of the general | ||
population to develop cardiovascular disease; the American | ||
Diabetes Association has reported that women with diabetes are | ||
twice as likely to experience a second heart attack and four times | ||
as likely to suffer heart failure; moreover, a study by the National | ||
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute found that the risk of developing | ||
hypertension, a major contributor to heart disease, doubles for men | ||
and quadruples for women with diabetes; women with type 1 diabetes | ||
face an exceptionally high danger of death from heart disease; and | ||
WHEREAS, The nation's total health care costs for treatment | ||
of diabetes are estimated at $245 billion annually; more than a | ||
quarter of those costs are attributable to cardiovascular disease; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, By addressing their risk factors, patients with | ||
diabetes may avoid or delay the development of heart and blood | ||
vessel disease; important measures include exercise, good | ||
nutrition, smoking cessation, blood pressure control, lowering | ||
cholesterol, and management of blood sugar and stress; and | ||
WHEREAS, Medical professionals across the country are | ||
working to improve health outcomes and save lives by helping | ||
Americans gain greater understanding of the close connection | ||
between diabetes and cardiovascular disease; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize November 2017 as Diabetes and | ||
Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Month and encourage all Texans to | ||
learn more about the ways to reduce their risk factors. |