Senate Bill 1942

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 1942

    By Senator Myers





    27-1647-98

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution recognizing National Kidney Month.

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  4         WHEREAS, 20 million Americans suffer from kidney

  5  disease, resulting in more than 50,000 chronic

  6  kidney-failure-related deaths annually, and

  7         WHEREAS, diabetes and high blood pressure account for

  8  66 percent of the new cases of chronic kidney failure

  9  diagnosed each year, and

10         WHEREAS, more than 260,000 Americans, including 12,000

11  Floridians, suffer from chronic kidney failure and need

12  dialysis by an artificial kidney machine or kidney

13  transplantation to stay alive, and

14         WHEREAS, the National Kidney Foundation is the major

15  voluntary health agency seeking the total answer to diseases

16  of the kidney, nationally and in Florida, and

17         WHEREAS, the National Kidney Foundation is universally

18  respected and recognized as a leader in research and the

19  effort to promote public awareness and the need for organ

20  donations, and

21         WHEREAS, the volunteers and staff of the National

22  Kidney Foundation of Florida spend countless hours working to

23  help ease the plight of dialysis patients, transplant

24  recipients, and others suffering from kidney disease, and

25         WHEREAS, the month of March is acknowledged as National

26  Kidney Month, NOW, THEREFORE,

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28  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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30         That this legislative body recognizes the month of

31  March, 1998, as "National Kidney Month" in Florida, and urges

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  1  everyone to join in acknowledging the work of the National

  2  Kidney Foundation of Florida and its dedicated volunteers and

  3  staff for their unselfish commitment to others.

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