SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 681
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
join the Texas Kidney Foundation and Texans across the state in
recognizing April 30, 2017, as Living Kidney Donors Day in
Texas; and
WHEREAS, More than 60,000 Texans are faced with kidney
failure, and more than 48,000 Texans currently rely on dialysis
treatments for kidney failure; the optimal treatment for kidney
failure is kidney transplantation, and studies have shown that
living donors provide the highest-functioning and
longest-lasting kidneys; and
WHEREAS, The number of available kidneys falls well short
of the need; today, more than 8,800 patients in Texas are on a
kidney transplant waiting list, while in the last year, only
1,724 lifesaving kidney transplants were performed across the
state; and
WHEREAS, With nearly a third of adults in the country at
risk for kidney disease, it is truly fitting that a day be set
aside to raise public awareness of living kidney donation and to
pay tribute to the men and women who have stepped forward and
donated a kidney so that another's life might be saved; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th
Legislature, hereby commend the Texas Kidney Foundation on its
exemplary work on behalf of those awaiting a kidney transplant
and extend to the organization best wishes for a productive and
rewarding Living Kidney Donors Day; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in
honor of this special occasion.
Buckingham
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on April 26, 2017.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate