Bill Text: FL S0036 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Broward Health/Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-02-19 - Adopted [S0036 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S0036-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                              (NP)    SR 36
       
       
        
       By Senator Book
       
       
       
       
       
       32-00101-20                                             202036__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commending the trauma care teams at
    3         Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health North
    4         for their heroic response to the mass shooting at
    5         Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and recognizing
    6         Broward Health for its commitment to promoting
    7         preparedness for mass casualty incidents.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, on February 14, 2018, the Level I Trauma Center at
   10  Broward Health Medical Center and the Level II Trauma Center at
   11  Broward Health North activated their mass casualty trauma care
   12  teams in response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman
   13  Douglas High School in Parkland, saving the lives of 13
   14  individuals and returning them to their families, and
   15         WHEREAS, the Level I Trauma Center at Broward Health
   16  Medical Center and the Level II Trauma Center at Broward Health
   17  North strive to foster the most clinically proficient and highly
   18  skilled critical care by surgeons and trauma care teams, setting
   19  an example for communities nationwide, and
   20         WHEREAS, all Floridians are grateful for the quick action
   21  of the many selfless medical professionals who cared for the
   22  injured, and
   23         WHEREAS, it is essential that Broward Health Medical Center
   24  and Broward Health North be recognized for the value and
   25  accomplishments of their trauma centers and their trauma care
   26  teams, which consist of dedicated men and women who save lives
   27  and respond both to traumatic injuries and mass casualty
   28  incidents, NOW, THEREFORE,
   29  
   30  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   32         That the members of the Senate commend the trauma care
   33  teams at the Level I Trauma Center at Broward Health Medical
   34  Center and the Level II Trauma Center at Broward Health North
   35  for their heroic response to the mass shooting at Marjory
   36  Stoneman Douglas High School and recognize Broward Health for
   37  its commitment to promoting preparedness for mass casualty
   38  incidents, and
   39         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution, with
   40  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the Level I
   41  Trauma Center at Broward Health Medical Center, the Level II
   42  Trauma Center at Broward Health North, and Broward Health as
   43  tangible tokens of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.