Bill Text: TX SR389 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing April 5, 2023, as Alzheimer's Association State Advocacy Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-05 - Reported enrolled [SR389 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR389-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing April 5, 2023, as Alzheimer's Association State Advocacy Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-05 - Reported enrolled [SR389 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR389-Introduced.html
2023S0349-1 03/31/23 | ||
By: Campbell, et al. | S.R. No. 389 |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize April 5, 2023, as Alzheimer's Association State | ||
Advocacy Day at the Capitol in honor of patients affected by the | ||
disease, their families and caregivers, and the researchers and | ||
medical professionals who work to understand, treat, and develop | ||
a cure for Alzheimer's disease; and | ||
WHEREAS, Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of | ||
dementia, is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder that | ||
leads to memory loss and mental and physical disabilities in the | ||
individuals it affects; more than 6.7 million Americans, | ||
including 400,000 Texans, have Alzheimer's disease; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to reducing the cognitive abilities | ||
and capacity for independence of the people it affects, | ||
Alzheimer's is the most expensive disease in the United States, | ||
costing more than cancer and heart diseases combined; and | ||
WHEREAS, More than one million dedicated caregivers in | ||
Texas provide unpaid care for Alzheimer's patients at home, and | ||
the labor of these heroic Texans is valued at more than $23.5 | ||
billion; and | ||
WHEREAS, Alzheimer's has indirect effects on business and | ||
the labor market that result in tremendous losses in human | ||
capital due to workers who must leave paid employment to serve as | ||
caregivers; according to the National Institute on Aging, | ||
Alzheimer's disease costs businesses more than $37 billion | ||
annually in lost productivity for employees who miss work or | ||
leave their jobs permanently to care for a loved one; and | ||
WHEREAS, Increasing public knowledge and awareness of | ||
Alzheimer's disease increases the likelihood of early detection | ||
and diagnosis for individuals affected by the disease, and | ||
equipping families and communities with a greater understanding | ||
of the disease provides them the opportunity to plan for the | ||
future, access treatment and medications, enroll in critical | ||
research trials, and receive help and support from the | ||
Alzheimer's Association; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize April 5, 2023, as Alzheimer's | ||
Association State Advocacy Day at the Capitol and commend the | ||
Alzheimer's Association, its dedicated volunteers, and all who | ||
contribute to the efforts of the association on their outstanding | ||
advocacy on behalf of those affected by Alzheimer's disease; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
the Alzheimer's Association as an expression of esteem from the | ||
Texas Senate. |