2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 10
BY SENATORS FOIL, BARROW, BERNARD, BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER,
CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, CORTEZ, FESI, FIELDS, HARRIS,
HENRY, HENSGENS, HEWITT, JACKSON, LAMBERT, LUNEAU,
MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL,
MORRIS, PEACOCK, PETERSON, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH,
STINE, TALBOT, TARVER, WARD, WHITE AND WOMACK
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To proclaim March 21, 2022, as Louisiana State Capitol Colorectal Cancer Awareness Day
in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, cancer is ranked second highest cause of death in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, there will be an estimated 28,680 new cases of cancer in Louisiana in
calendar year 2022; and
WHEREAS, there will be an estimated nearly 10,000 deaths from cancer in
Louisiana in 2022, a mortality rate that is well above the national average; and
WHEREAS, one of the reasons colorectal cancer has such a high mortality rate is
that an estimated forty percent of all at-risk individuals have never been screened; and
WHEREAS, colorectal cancer is a highly preventable, treatable, and survivable
cancer, especially when screened and diagnosed early; and
WHEREAS, screening should happen for everyone between the ages of forty-five
and seventy-five; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Health, along with the Mary Bird Perkins
Cancer Center, has set a goal of increasing screenings by two percentage points in calendar
year 2022 in an effort to reduce colorectal cancer rates in Louisiana; the entities will be
utilizing strategies for education, public outreach, and greater accessibility to screenings to
meet this goal; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana State Capitol will serve as the official kick-off location
for this effort.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
proclaim March 21, 2022, as Louisiana State Capitol Colorectal Cancer Awareness Day in
Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Todd D. Stevens, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer
Center.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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