Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SR0053 Compare Versions

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4	4	SENATE RESOLUTION 53
5	5	By Massey
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8	8	SR0053
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13	13	A RESOLUTION to designate May 2025 as "Osteoporosis
14	14	Awareness and Prevention Month."
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16	16	WHEREAS, an estimated 54 million Americans have osteoporosis or low bone mass,
17	17	and studies suggest that approximately one in two women and up to one in four men age fifty
18	18	and older will break a bone due to osteoporosis; and
19	19	WHEREAS, approximately 1.8 million Medicare beneficiaries suffered approximately 2.1
20	20	million osteoporotic fractures a year, and osteoporosis-related bone fractures are responsible
21	21	for more hospitalizations than heart attacks, strokes, or breast cancer; and
22	22	WHEREAS, the total annual cost for osteoporotic fractures among Medicare
23	23	beneficiaries was $57 billion in 2018 and is expected to grow to over $95 billion in 2040 without
24	24	reforms, as the population ages; and
25	25	WHEREAS, in Tennessee, over 123,000 Medicare beneficiaries suffered over 147,700
26	26	osteoporotic fractures in 2016; and
27	27	WHEREAS, an estimated 6,000 Tennesseans on Medicare suffered not just an initial
28	28	fracture but also a subsequent fracture, resulting in estimated costs of over $114 million; and
29	29	WHEREAS, osteoporosis and the broken bones it can cause are not part of normal
30	30	aging. Building strong bones begins in childhood and is essential to the prevention of
31	31	osteoporosis; care for our bones is important throughout our lives, but we reach our peak bone
32	32	mass by early adulthood; and
33	33	WHEREAS, optimum bone health and prevention of osteoporosis can be maximized by
34	34	a balanced diet rich in calcium and vitamin D, weight-bearing and muscle-strengthening
35	35	exercise, and a healthy lifestyle with no smoking or excessive alcohol intake; and
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40	40	WHEREAS, osteoporosis is often called a silent disease because one cannot feel bones
41	41	weakening. Breaking a bone is often the first sign of osteoporosis; timely bone health
42	42	screening, diagnosis, and treatment can help prevent fractures leading to hospitalization and
43	43	nursing home stays; and
44	44	WHEREAS, cost effective post-fracture care that improves care coordination has been
45	45	demonstrated to reduce the number of subsequent or repeat fractures, yet the care is not widely
46	46	available or properly incentivized by Medicare; and
47	47	WHEREAS, it is crucial that we raise awareness about bone health and osteoporosis
48	48	among the public, health professionals, and policy makers; now, therefore,
49	49	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
50	50	GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, that we designate May 2025 as
51	51	"Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month."
52	52	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
53	53	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy.
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