PRINTER'S NO. 1386
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
224
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY COLLETT, PHILLIPS-HILL, BARTOLOTTA, BROWNE,
KEARNEY, HUGHES, MUTH, FONTANA, SANTARSIERO, MARTIN, KANE,
CAPPELLETTI, BREWSTER, J. WARD, SCHWANK, COMITTA, MENSCH,
STREET AND PITTMAN, FEBRUARY 9, 2022
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, FEBRUARY 9, 2022
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of February 7 through February 14, 2022, as
"Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" and further
designating February 14, 2022, as "Emersyn's Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" is an
annual recognition effort to help educate the public about
congenital heart defects; and
WHEREAS, Congenital heart defects are the most common
congenital disability, annually affecting 1 in every 104
newborns in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Designating "Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week"
in this Commonwealth promotes greater public awareness about
congenital heart defects and encourages proper screenings to
detect such defects; and
WHEREAS, Congenital heart defects are a leading cause of
birth-defect-related deaths worldwide; and
WHEREAS, Congenital heart defects cause twice as many
fatalities as childhood cancer; and
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