Bill Text: HI HR106 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Designating May 17, 2021, As Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-23 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott excused (1). [HR106 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HR106-Amended.html
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING MAY 17, 2021, AS DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA AWARENESS DAY.
WHEREAS, the legislature finds that for the past three years, Governor Ige has declared May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day; and
WHEREAS, according to national statistics there are approximately two hundred to three hundred new cases of DIPG annually in the United States; and
WHEREAS, DIPGs are highly aggressive and difficult to treat brain tumors that occur at the base of the brain; and
WHEREAS, these tumors are found in an area of the brainstem that controls vital functions including breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate; and
WHEREAS, the location of the tumors does not generally allow for their surgical removal; and
WHEREAS, these tumors are generally treated with radiation therapy, but currently no successful chemotherapeutic agent has been obtained; and
WHEREAS, DIPG largely affects the pediatric population as it is usually diagnosed during childhood between the ages of five and nine years of age; and
WHEREAS, DIPG tumors occur equally in boys and girls and do not generally appear in adulthood; and
WHEREAS, patients afflicted by DIPG do not generally survive beyond a year after the initial diagnosis; and
WHEREAS, only one per cent of children diagnosed with DIPG survive more than three years; and
WHEREAS, as such, DIPG occurs in the most vulnerable among us; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, that May 17, 2021, be designated as "Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day"; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education, Department of Health, and United States Department of Health and Human Services are encouraged to increase public awareness so each individual in the United States becomes better informed and aware of DIPG; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Director of Health.
DIPG Awareness Day
