PRINTER'S NO. 3331
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
760
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BROWN, KORTZ, BIZZARRO, SCHMITT, MERSKI, RAPP,
HENNESSEY, SAINATO, ROTHMAN, DONATUCCI, GLEIM, KAUFFMAN,
HICKERNELL, BURNS, EMRICK, MILLARD, PICKETT, MURT, KINSEY,
HOWARD, JAMES, OWLETT, RYAN, KIM, BARRAR, MEHAFFIE,
LONGIETTI, SAYLOR, BERNSTINE, POLINCHOCK, MACKENZIE, HILL-
EVANS, YOUNGBLOOD, WHEELAND, STRUZZI, MENTZER, READSHAW,
B. MILLER, MOUL, CIRESI, NEILSON, EVERETT, CAUSER, STAATS,
SCHLEGEL CULVER AND GAYDOS, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of May 2020 as "Lyme and Tick-borne
Disease Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted
primarily by ticks and caused by the spirochete Borrelia
burgdorferi; and
WHEREAS, Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, which
include babesiosis, bartonellosis, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain
spotted fever, ehrlichiosis and others, pose a serious threat to
the health and quality of life of many Pennsylvanians; and
WHEREAS, The frequency of diagnosed and reported Lyme disease
cases has increased dramatically over the past several years and
the severity continues to increase, evidenced by multiple deaths
attributable to tick-borne diseases in youths and young adults
reported in 2017; and
WHEREAS, The most recent 15-year surveillance study of the
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