PRINTER'S NO. 2323
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
452
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, DiGIROLAMO, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG, MURT,
DAVIS, ROZZI, HENNESSEY, SONNEY, LONGIETTI, READSHAW,
CALTAGIRONE, KORTZ, V. BROWN, WATSON, FREEMAN, MILLARD,
D. COSTA, BOBACK, GABLER, SCHWEYER, BIZZARRO, FARRY, THOMAS,
GILLEN, MARSICO, BURNS AND DUSH, AUGUST 24, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
AUGUST 24, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Observing the month of September 2017 as "Newborn Screening
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Newborn screening is the practice of screening every
newborn for certain harmful or potentially fatal conditions that
are not otherwise apparent at birth; and
WHEREAS, Early detection of these conditions in newborns
facilitates timely interventions that result in significant
decreases in morbidity, mortality and disability; and
WHEREAS, Newborn screening is a comprehensive system that
includes testing, diagnosis, follow-up, treatment, education and
evaluation; and
WHEREAS, Every year nearly 4 million newborns in the United
States and more than 150,000 newborns in Pennsylvania undergo
newborn screening; and
WHEREAS, Newborn screening was recently named in the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention's list of Ten Great Public
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