PRINTER'S NO. 3053

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 388 Session of 2000

        INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BARD, BARRAR,
           BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BROWNE,
           CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CHADWICK, CIVERA, CLARK, M. COHEN,
           CORRIGAN, COY, CURRY, DAILEY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY,
           DONATUCCI, DRUCE, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK,
           FORCIER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, GORDNER, GRUCELA,
           HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HASAY, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
           HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, KAISER, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER,
           LEH, LESCOVITZ, LUCYK, MAHER, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANDERINO,
           MANN, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, S. MILLER,
           NAILOR, ORIE, PETRONE, PIPPY, PLATTS, RAYMOND, READSHAW,
           ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER,
           SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SEMMEL, SEYFERT,
           SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
           THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRUE, VAN HORNE, WALKO, WILT,
           WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK,
           FEBRUARY 28, 2000

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           FEBRUARY 28, 2000

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Commemorating March 2000 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 2000 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  2000 as "Mental Retardation Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.














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