Bill Text: FL S0700 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Women's Heart Health Initiative

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9065 (Adopted) -SJ 509 [S0700 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-S0700-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2012                             (NP)    SR 700
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       18-00744-12                                            2012700__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution honoring the Women’s Heart Health
    3         Initiative.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, heart disease, often called the “silent killer,”
    6  continues to be the number one killer of women, with a woman
    7  dying from heart disease every 34 seconds, and
    8         WHEREAS, heart disease claims more women’s lives than the
    9  next eight causes of death combined, including breast cancer,
   10  and
   11         WHEREAS, two-thirds of American women who die suddenly from
   12  heart disease had no prior symptoms, and
   13         WHEREAS, African-American and Hispanic women have higher
   14  heart disease risk factors than Caucasian women of comparable
   15  socioeconomic status, with heart disease being the number one
   16  killer of African-American women, and
   17         WHEREAS, in an effort to raise awareness about heart
   18  disease in women and improve the prevention and treatment of
   19  women who suffer from or are at risk for heart disease, the
   20  Cardiovascular Research Foundation began the Women’s Heart
   21  Health Initiative, and
   22         WHEREAS, the Women’s Heart Health Initiative explores
   23  nontraditional venues, such as obstetrician and gynecologist
   24  appointments, to provide further assistance in the early
   25  identification, education, and prevention of heart disease in
   26  women, NOW, THEREFORE,
   27  
   28  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   30         That the Women’s Heart Health Initiative is commended and
   31  honored for its dedicated efforts in the prevention and
   32  treatment of heart disease in women.