PRINTER'S NO. 995

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 69 Session of 1999

        INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, O'BRIEN, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BARD,
           BATTISTO, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, CAPPABIANCA,
           CIVERA, CLARK, CLYMER, COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN, CURRY, DAILEY,
           DALLY, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY, DERMODY, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, FARGO,
           FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, GRUCELA,
           HALUSKA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY,
           HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, KAISER, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN,
           LEDERER, LYNCH, MAHER, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MARKOSEK,
           MARSICO, MASLAND, McCALL, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, MICOZZIE,
           S. MILLER, MUNDY, NAILOR, ORIE, PESCI, PETRONE, PHILLIPS,
           PIPPY, RAMOS, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
           SANTONI, SATHER, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SERAFINI,
           SEYFERT, SHANER, B. SMITH, STABACK, STAIRS, E. Z. TAYLOR,
           J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO, TRUE, VAN HORNE, VANCE,
           WALKO, WILLIAMS, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, ZIMMERMAN AND
           ZUG, MARCH 17, 1999

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           MARCH 17, 1999

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Commemorating March 1999 as "Mental Retardation Awareness Month"
     2     in Pennsylvania.

     3     WHEREAS, County mental retardation programs, which are
     4  completing many years of assistance to people with mental
     5  retardation and their families, are observing March 1999 as
     6  "Mental Retardation Awareness Month"; and
     7     WHEREAS, Mental retardation is defined as an impairment in
     8  cognitive development resulting in a slowness or limitation in
     9  intellectual, social or emotional development, so that people
    10  with mental retardation learn but at somewhat slower rates than

     1  other people; therefore be it
     2     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives salute county
     3  mental retardation programs upon the occasion of "Mental
     4  Retardation Awareness Month" and acknowledge their exemplary
     5  services and success in promoting an understanding of the
     6  considerable contributions that citizens with mental retardation
     7  make to the quality of life in Pennsylvania; and be it further
     8     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate March
     9  1999 as "Mental Retardation Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.














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