PRINTER'S NO. 1087

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

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.















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