PRINTER'S NO. 1087
No. 97 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BARD, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLARK, CORRIGAN, CRUZ, DALLY, DeLUCA, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FEESE, FICHTER, FLICK, FORCIER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, JOSEPHS, KAISER, KENNEY, KREBS, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LUCYK, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUNDY, NAILOR, ORIE, PIPPY, PISTELLA, RAYMOND, ROBINSON, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SEMMEL, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, STRITTMATTER, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WATSON, J. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD, HUTCHINSON, FREEMAN AND WILT, MARCH 14, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 14, 2001
A RESOLUTION 1 Commemorating March 2001 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 2001 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 11 other people; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives salute county 2 mental retardation programs upon the occasion of "Mental 3 Retardation Awareness Month" and acknowledge their exemplary 4 services and success in promoting an understanding of the 5 considerable contributions that citizens with mental retardation 6 make to the quality of life in Pennsylvania; and be it further 7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate March 8 2001 as "Mental Retardation Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. C6L82JS/20010H0097R1087 - 2 -