| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 3 | 3 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing April as Parkinson's |
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| 5 | 5 | | Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's |
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| 6 | 6 | | Day. |
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| 7 | 7 | | QADDOURA, WALKER K., |
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| 8 | 8 | | YODER, JACKSON, HUNLEY, |
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| 9 | 9 | | WALKER G., NIEMEYER, |
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| 10 | 10 | | SPENCER, POL |
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| 11 | 11 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2025 DR 3847/DI TF Introduced |
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| 13 | 13 | | First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 14 | 14 | | SENATE RESOLUTION ____ |
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| 15 | 15 | | MR. PRESIDENT: |
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| 16 | 16 | | I offer the following resolution and move its adoption: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1 A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing April as |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2 Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World |
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| 19 | 19 | | 3 Parkinson's Day. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 4 Whereas, Parkinson's disease is a chronic and progressive |
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| 21 | 21 | | 5 neurological disease caused by a lack of the chemical |
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| 22 | 22 | | 6 dopamine in the brain and is the second-most common |
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| 23 | 23 | | 7 neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 9 Whereas, Parkinson's disease currently affects |
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| 26 | 26 | | 10 approximately 20,000 Hoosiers, nearly 1 million Americans, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 11 and over 10 million people worldwide; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 12 Whereas, The number of Americans diagnosed with |
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| 29 | 29 | | 13 Parkinson's disease is on the rise and is projected to eclipse 1.2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 14 million people by 2030; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 15 Whereas, Parkinson's disease is the 14th leading cause of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 16 death in the United States and has an estimated annual total |
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| 33 | 33 | | 17 cost just under $52 billion per year, split evenly between |
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| 34 | 34 | | 18 medical costs and non-medical costs, such as lost wages, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 19 caregiver time, and expenses; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2025 DR 3847/DI TF 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1 Whereas, Medications to treat Parkinson's disease cost an |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2 average of $2,500 per year and therapeutic surgery can cost up |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3 to $100,000 per person; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 4 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 5 Whereas, It is essential to educate Hoosiers about the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 6 symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including tremors, rigidity |
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| 43 | 43 | | 7 and bradykinesia (slow movement), postural instability, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 8 shuffling gait, speech and swallowing disturbances, cognitive |
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| 45 | 45 | | 9 impairment and dementia, and difficulty with fine hand |
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| 46 | 46 | | 10 movements; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 11 Whereas, Since not everyone with Parkinson's disease has |
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| 48 | 48 | | 12 all of the associated symptoms, careful diagnosis is critical; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 13 Whereas, Research suggests that the cause of Parkinson's |
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| 50 | 50 | | 14 disease is a combination of environmental and genetic factors, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 15 and at this time there is no known cure or drug to slow or halt |
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| 52 | 52 | | 16 the progression of the disease; |
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| 53 | 53 | | 17 Whereas, Currently, there is no objective test to diagnose |
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| 54 | 54 | | 18 Parkinson's disease and available treatments are limited in |
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| 55 | 55 | | 19 their ability to address patients' medical needs; |
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| 56 | 56 | | 20 Whereas, Volunteers, researchers, caregivers, and medical |
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| 57 | 57 | | 21 professionals are diligently working to improve the quality of |
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| 58 | 58 | | 22 life of persons living with Parkinson's disease and their |
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| 59 | 59 | | 23 families; and |
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| 60 | 60 | | 24 Whereas, Increased research, education, and community |
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| 61 | 61 | | 25 support services are needed to find more effective treatments |
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| 62 | 62 | | 26 and to provide access to quality care to those living with |
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| 63 | 63 | | 27 Parkinson's disease today: Therefore, |
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| 64 | 64 | | 28 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 29 Be it resolved by the Senate of the |
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| 66 | 66 | | 30 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 67 | 67 | | 31 SECTION 1. That the Indiana State Senate recognizes April |
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| 68 | 68 | | 2025 DR 3847/DI TF 3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 1 as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World |
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| 70 | 70 | | 2 Parkinson's Day. |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3 SECTION 2. That the Secretary of the Senate is hereby |
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| 72 | 72 | | 4 directed to transmit copies of this Resolution to Senator |
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| 73 | 73 | | 5 Qaddoura for distribution. |
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| 74 | 74 | | 2025 DR 3847/DI TF |
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