PRINTER'S NO. 1422
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
245
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, BAKER, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, V. BROWN,
CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN, CORR, D. COSTA, DAVIS, DEAN, DeLUCA,
DiGIROLAMO, DOWLING, DRISCOLL, DUNBAR, DUSH, GREINER,
A. HARRIS, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, KAVULICH, KINSEY, LONGIETTI,
MACKENZIE, MARSICO, MILLARD, B. MILLER, MURT, O'NEILL,
ORTITAY, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROTHMAN, ROZZI, RYAN, SACCONE,
SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SIMS, SOLOMON, SONNEY, STAATS, TOOHIL,
WARD, WATSON AND MEHAFFIE, APRIL 17, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 17, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2017 as "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease affecting
approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States
and approximately 70,000 children and adults worldwide, 1,659 of
whom live in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, A defective gene causes the body to produce an
abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs, and these
secretions produce life-threatening lung infections and obstruct
the pancreas, preventing digestive enzymes from reaching the
intestines to help break down and absorb food; and
WHEREAS, More than 10 million Americans are symptomless
carriers of the defective CF gene, and CF occurs in
approximately one out of every 3,500 live births in the United
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