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| 3 | 3 | | HR 8067 2022 |
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| 7 | 7 | | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | House Resolution 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | A resolution designating May 2022 as "Cancer Awareness 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Month" in Florida. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, in 1979, the Legislature established the Florida 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council (CCRAB), which 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | published its first Florida Cancer Plan in 1981, and the CCRAB 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | continues to address the goals and objectives outlined in the 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | plan to bring stakeholders together to find a cure, and 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, in 1970, there were 3 million cancer survivors in 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the United States, and the 5 -year cancer survival rate was 49 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | percent, and 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, it is predicted that by the year 2030 there will 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | be 22.1 million cancer survivors, and the 5 -year cancer survival 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | rate will be more than 70 percent, and 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society estimates that there 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | are approximately 1.5 million cancer survivors in the state, and 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, each year, more than 120,000 people in the state 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | are diagnosed with cancer, affecting all 67 co unties, and 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, routine cancer screenings are likely to save 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lives, and Floridians are encouraged to undergo cancer 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | screenings as recommended by their health care providers, NOW, 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | THEREFORE, 23 |
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| 39 | 39 | | HR 8067 2022 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sta te of 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Florida: 26 |
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| 53 | 53 | | That May 2022 is designated as "Cancer Awareness Month" in 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Florida. 29 |
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