| 1 | 1 | | *HR1507* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: Garcia Wilburn |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION designating February 2024 as |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 American Heart Month and to raise awareness about |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 cardiovascular disease and the importance of knowing one's |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 cholesterol levels. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 Whereas, The American Heart Association defines |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 "cholesterol" as a waxy, fat-like substance circulating in the |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 blood; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 Whereas, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 (CDC) identifies two types of cholesterol: low-density |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 cholesterol (HDL-C); |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 Whereas, According to the CDC, nearly 94 million adults in |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 the United States have high cholesterol; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 20242215 |
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| 21 | 21 | | HR 1507/DI 140 2024 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 Whereas, Heart disease is the leading cause of death in |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2 Indiana, accounting for more than 14,440 deaths in 2017; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 Whereas, Inherited risks of heart disease include familial |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 hypercholesterolemia, or FH, and elevated Lp(a), which can be |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5 detected and treated early; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6 Whereas, FH is a common, life-threatening genetic disorder |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7 affecting the body's ability to remove LDL cholesterol, and if |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8 left untreated, leads to early heart attack and heart disease; |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9 Whereas, Patients with FH or elevated cholesterol levels |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10 may need treatment, including statins and lipid-lowering |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11 medications; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12 Whereas, Heart disease disproportionately affects minority |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13 populations: In men and women, low HDL cholesterol |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14 prevalence was higher in non-Hispanic adults than in |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15 non-Hispanic white, Black, and Asian adults, and in men, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16 prevalence was higher in non-Hispanic white and Asian adults |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17 than in non-Hispanic Black adults; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 18 Whereas, In Indiana, the heart disease death rate for Black |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19 Hoosiers (age 35 and older) is 421 per 100,000 compared to |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20 351 per 100,000 overall; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21 Whereas, February is designated as American Heart Month |
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| 43 | 43 | | 22 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 23 National Institutes of Health to raise awareness of heart |
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| 45 | 45 | | 24 disease, cholesterol, and the importance of screening and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 25 treatment; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 26 Whereas, The LDL-C Action Summit, a consortium of the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 27 nation's leading cardiovascular stakeholder groups, seeks to |
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| 49 | 49 | | 28 cut cardiovascular events in half by 2030; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | 29 Whereas, The CDC's Million Hearts program is a national |
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| 51 | 51 | | 30 initiative to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes |
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| 52 | 52 | | 31 between 2022 and 2027: Therefore, |
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| 53 | 53 | | 32 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 54 | 54 | | 33 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 55 | 55 | | 20242215 |
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| 56 | 56 | | HR 1507/DI 140 2024 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 1 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2 designates February 2024 as American Heart Month to raise |
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| 59 | 59 | | 3 public awareness of heart disease, and cholesterol-related |
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| 60 | 60 | | 4 illnesses, including familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and |
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| 61 | 61 | | 5 LP(a). |
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| 62 | 62 | | 6 SECTION 2. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 63 | 63 | | 7 supports raising awareness of heart disease, cholesterol, and |
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| 64 | 64 | | 8 lipid-lowering treatments to improve the health of Indiana |
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| 65 | 65 | | 9 residents. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 10 SECTION 3. That the Indiana Department of Health dedicate |
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| 67 | 67 | | 11 resources to addressing cardiovascular disease and improved |
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| 68 | 68 | | 12 cholesterol screenings for Indiana residents. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 20242215 |
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| 70 | 70 | | HR 1507/DI 140 2024 |
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