| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 681 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | join the Texas Kidney Foundation and Texans across the state in |
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| 4 | 4 | | recognizing April 30, 2017, as Living Kidney Donors Day in |
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| 5 | 5 | | Texas; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, More than 60,000 Texans are faced with kidney |
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| 7 | 7 | | failure, and more than 48,000 Texans currently rely on dialysis |
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| 8 | 8 | | treatments for kidney failure; the optimal treatment for kidney |
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| 9 | 9 | | failure is kidney transplantation, and studies have shown that |
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| 10 | 10 | | living donors provide the highest-functioning and |
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| 11 | 11 | | longest-lasting kidneys; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, The number of available kidneys falls well short |
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| 13 | 13 | | of the need; today, more than 8,800 patients in Texas are on a |
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| 14 | 14 | | kidney transplant waiting list, while in the last year, only |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1,724 lifesaving kidney transplants were performed across the |
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| 16 | 16 | | state; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, With nearly a third of adults in the country at |
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| 18 | 18 | | risk for kidney disease, it is truly fitting that a day be set |
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| 19 | 19 | | aside to raise public awareness of living kidney donation and to |
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| 20 | 20 | | pay tribute to the men and women who have stepped forward and |
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| 21 | 21 | | donated a kidney so that another's life might be saved; now, |
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| 22 | 22 | | therefore, be it |
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| 23 | 23 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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| 24 | 24 | | Legislature, hereby commend the Texas Kidney Foundation on its |
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| 25 | 25 | | exemplary work on behalf of those awaiting a kidney transplant |
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| 26 | 26 | | and extend to the organization best wishes for a productive and |
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| 27 | 27 | | rewarding Living Kidney Donors Day; and, be it further |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in |
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| 29 | 29 | | honor of this special occasion. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Buckingham |
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| 31 | 31 | | ________________________________ |
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| 32 | 32 | | President of the Senate |
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| 33 | 33 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 34 | 34 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Senate on April 26, 2017. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ________________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 38 | 38 | | ________________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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