Senate Bill sb2758

    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2758

    By Senator Lawson





    6-1986-05                                               See HR

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing ACS State Healthcare

  3         Solutions Florida Dental Outreach Initiative.

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  5         WHEREAS, tooth decay is said to be the single most

  6  common chronic childhood disease - five times more common than

  7  asthma - and is one of the two most frequently cited reasons

  8  for school absence, and

  9         WHEREAS, according to the American Dental Association

10  and the American Academy of Pediatricians, children from

11  low-income families suffer from twice as many cavities as

12  their more affluent peers, and the disease is more likely to

13  remain untreated, leading to potential problems with eating,

14  speaking, and paying attention in school, and plaguing

15  individuals well into adulthood, and

16         WHEREAS, ACS State Healthcare Solutions, headquartered

17  in Atlanta, is joining the Sunshine State Dental Society and

18  the Dade County Dental Society to launch the 2005/2006 ACS

19  State Healthcare Solutions Florida Dental Outreach Initiative

20  in an effort to reach 5,000 low-income children in underserved

21  areas, providing free dental screening, giving instructions in

22  proper dental care, and making families aware of the extreme

23  importance of preventive measures such as daily brushing,

24  fluoride rinses, and dental sealants, and

25         WHEREAS, to help reinforce new behaviors learned during

26  the events, each child is presented with a gift bag of

27  products, including a toothbrush, toothpaste, calendar,

28  educational literature, and a screening

29  evaluation/recommendation report for his or her parents or

30  guardian, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2758
    6-1986-05                                               See HR




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

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 3         That ACS State Healthcare Solutions, the Sunshine State

 4  Dental Society, and the Dade County Dental Society are

 5  recognized for their efforts to improve the dental health of

 6  the area's children through the 2005/2006 ACS State Healthcare

 7  Solutions Florida Dental Outreach Initiative.

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