PRINTER'S NO. 19
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
38
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BROWN, HILL-EVANS, HENNESSEY, READSHAW, PEIFER,
BIZZARRO, JAMES, SCHLOSSBERG, SAPPEY, STURLA, CONKLIN, RYAN,
CALTAGIRONE, SONNEY, KORTZ, PICKETT, BERNSTINE, LONGIETTI,
BARRAR, KINSEY, EMRICK, SAINATO, MEHAFFIE, FREEMAN, WARNER,
HELM, MACKENZIE, OBERLANDER, MILLARD, PYLE, B. MILLER,
KAUFFMAN, SAYLOR, PASHINSKI, OWLETT, ZIMMERMAN, STAATS,
IRVIN, DiGIROLAMO, MURT, KAUFER, NEILSON, M. K. KELLER,
TOOHIL, QUINN, HAHN, HEFFLEY, CAUSER, RADER, FEE, T. DAVIS,
DRISCOLL AND EVERETT, JANUARY 24, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 24, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2019 as "Lyme and Tick-borne
Disease Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted
primarily by ticks and is caused by the spirochete Borrelia
burgdorferi; and
WHEREAS, Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases such as
babesiosis, bartonellosis, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted
fever, ehrlichiosis and others pose a serious threat to the
health and quality of life of many Pennsylvanians; and
WHEREAS, The frequency of diagnosed and reported Lyme disease
cases has increased dramatically over the past several years and
the severity continues to increase, evidenced by multiple deaths
attributable to tick-borne diseases in youths and young adults
reported in 2017; and
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