PRINTER'S NO. 3432

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 469 Session of 2002

        INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BEBKO-
           JONES, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BROOKS, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE,
           CAPPELLI, CIVERA, CLYMER, LEVDANSKY, COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN,
           COY, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO,
           DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE,
           FORCIER, FREEMAN, GABIG, GEORGE, GODSHALL, GORDNER, GRUCELA,
           HARHAI, HARHART, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS,
           KAISER, KELLER, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN,
           MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McCALL, McGILL, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON,
           MELIO, MICHLOVIC, NAILOR, O'BRIEN, PERZEL, PIPPY, PISTELLA,
           ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY,
           SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, G. WRIGHT, ZUG, SCHRODER, SCHULER,
           SEMMEL, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, TANGRETTI,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, WANSACZ,
           WASHINGTON, WATERS, WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, M. WRIGHT,
           HASAY, BELARDI, FRANKEL, McGEEHAN AND HORSEY, MARCH 14, 2002

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           MARCH 14, 2002

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Commemorating March 2002 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 2002 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  2002 as "Mental Retardation Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.














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