PRINTER'S NO. 1699
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
303
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY RAPP, FRANKEL, SCHLOSSBERG, BERNSTINE, ZIMMERMAN,
KINSEY, SCHLEGEL CULVER, KORTZ, HENNESSEY, RYAN, MEHAFFIE,
CAUSER, LONGIETTI, PICKETT, HICKERNELL, BURNS, DiGIROLAMO,
POLINCHOCK, STAATS, SONNEY, MENTZER, BARRAR, PYLE,
CALTAGIRONE, FREEMAN, BROWN, OBERLANDER, MILLARD, MACKENZIE,
YOUNGBLOOD, BIZZARRO, READSHAW, SAINATO, B. MILLER, SCHMITT,
NEILSON AND EVERETT, MAY 6, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 6, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of May 12 through 18, 2019, as "National
Hospital Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania hospitals and health systems ensure
that health care services are available in this Commonwealth 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, providing acute inpatient care as
well as outpatient, emergency, behavioral health,
rehabilitation, long-term and home care services; and
WHEREAS, Specialized hospital care is provided by
Pennsylvania's more than 41 trauma centers, 7 burn centers and
15 critical access hospitals that provide care for the most
rural populations in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is home to seven medical-degree-
granting medical schools and numerous teaching hospitals and
academic medical schools that train future health care providers
and invest in critical health research; and
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