HR 9037 2003
1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the month of March 2003 as
3	National Kidney Month.
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5	WHEREAS, one in nine adults in the United States has kidney
6	disease, and most of the more than 20 million Americans with the
7	disease do not know it, and
8	WHEREAS, another 20 million are at increased risk of
9	developing the disease due to diabetes, high blood pressure, or
10	a family history of kidney disease, and
11	WHEREAS, more than 345,000 Americans, including 18,000
12	Floridians, suffer from chronic kidney failure and require
13	dialysis treatments or a kidney transplant to stay alive, and
14	WHEREAS, the National Kidney Foundation, the major
15	voluntary health agency in the nation and in Florida seeking
16	prevention and cures for diseases of the kidney and urinary
17	tract, is universally respected and recognized as a leader in
18	research and in promoting public awareness of kidney disease and
19	of the need for organ donors, and
20	WHEREAS, the volunteers and staff of the National Kidney
21	Foundation of Florida spend countless hours working to ease the
22	plight of dialysis patients, transplant recipients, and others
23	in our communities who suffer from kidney disease, NOW,
24	THEREFORE,
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26	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
27	Florida:
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29	That the House of Representatives wholeheartedly recognizes
30	the month of March 2003 as National Kidney Month, urges all
31	Florida residents to become more knowledgeable of the risks and
32	symptoms of kidney diseases, and applauds the volunteers and
33	staff of the National Kidney Foundation of Florida for their
34	efforts toward preventing and curing these diseases.