| 1 | 1 | | 24 LC 112 1739 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 1282 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Schofield of the 63 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Scott of the 76 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Davis of the 87 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Holland of the |
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| 11 | 11 | | th |
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| 12 | 12 | | , Burnough of the 77 |
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| 14 | 14 | | , and others |
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| 15 | 15 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Recognizing March 2024 as Blood Clot Awareness Month in the State of Georgia; and for |
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| 18 | 18 | | other purposes.2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, it is the custom of this legislative body to help increase awareness of serious3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | health conditions that affect the lives of citizens of the State of Georgia; and4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, attendant to such concern and in full accord with its long-standing traditions,5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | this legislative body is justly proud to recognize this month in conjunction with the6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | observance of National Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month;7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | and8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, blood clots are a major health threat in the State of Georgia and around the9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | country; and10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, the United States Congress has designated March as Blood Clot Awareness11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Month; and12 |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. R. 1282 |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, according to the National Blood Clot Alliance, someone is diagnosed with a |
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| 33 | 33 | | blood clot every minute and a blood clot kills someone every six minutes, resulting in14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 100,000 deaths each year; and15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, blood clots do not discriminate by age, gender, ethnicity, or race; they affect16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | people from all walks of life, including infants, young children, teenagers, people in middle17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | age, and senior citizens across the State of Georgia; and18 |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, blood clots are a leading cause of death of new mothers in childbirth; and19 |
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| 39 | 39 | | WHEREAS, blood clots affect people being treated for cancer and other chronic diseases as20 |
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| 40 | 40 | | well as people undergoing joint replacement surgery and other surgical procedures; and21 |
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| 41 | 41 | | WHEREAS, blood clots can be triggered by a genetic predisposition or by lengthy22 |
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| 42 | 42 | | immobility, and they can affect the more than five million Americans with heartbeat23 |
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| 43 | 43 | | problems, which places them at heightened risk of a clot in the heart that can travel to the24 |
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| 44 | 44 | | brain and cause stroke and death; and25 |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, blood clots are the leading cause of unnecessary hospital re-admissions,26 |
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| 46 | 46 | | representing an estimated cost of more than $10 billion of the $16 billion expended in the27 |
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| 47 | 47 | | treatment of blood clots at hospitals nation-wide; and28 |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, many of the risks for life-threatening blood clots increase as people age, and so29 |
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| 49 | 49 | | too will the public health challenge; and30 |
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| 50 | 50 | | H. R. 1282 |
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| 52 | 52 | | WHEREAS, fortunately, many blood clots can be prevented, but when they do occur, poor |
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| 54 | 54 | | outcomes including death, disease, and recurrence can be preventable with early and accurate32 |
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| 55 | 55 | | diagnosis and management; and33 |
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| 56 | 56 | | WHEREAS, it is imperative that there be greater awareness of this serious health condition,34 |
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| 57 | 57 | | and more must be done to increase activity at the local, state and national levels.35 |
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| 58 | 58 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that36 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the members of this body recognize March 2024 as Blood Clot Awareness Month in the State37 |
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| 60 | 60 | | of Georgia.38 |
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| 61 | 61 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized39 |
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| 62 | 62 | | and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the40 |
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| 63 | 63 | | public and the press.41 |
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| 64 | 64 | | H. R. 1282 |
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