Bill Text: HI HR82 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: June 27, 2016, Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-28 - Resolution adopted in final form. [HR82 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HR82-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	82
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

Designating June 27, 2016, as "Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day" to encourage all public, private, and military service providers to continue educating service members and veterans and their families, victims of abuse, crimes, and natural disasters, and the general public about the causes, symptoms, and treatment for post-traumatic stress injuries.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces who proudly serve the United States and risk their lives to protect our freedom, deserve the investment of every possible resource to ensure their lasting physical, mental, and emotional well-being; and

 

     WHEREAS, combat operational stress has historically been viewed as a mental illness caused by a pre-existing flaw of character or ability, or both, and the term "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (PTSD) carries a stigma that perpetuates this misconception; and

 

     WHEREAS, post-traumatic stress can occur not only after a traumatic event experienced in combat, but also after rape, sexual assault, battery, torture, confinement, child abuse, automobile accidents, train wrecks, airplane crashes, bombings, and natural disasters; and

 

     WHEREAS, referring to the complications from post-traumatic stress as a disorder perpetuates the stigma of and bias against mental illness that discourages those suffering from post-traumatic stress from seeking proper and timely medical treatment; and

 

     WHEREAS, making the condition less stigmatizing and more honorable can favorably influence those affected and encourage them to seek timely treatment without fear of retribution or shame and will diminish the PTSD suicide rate; and

     WHEREAS, all those who are suffering from post-traumatic stress injuries deserve consideration and those who have received wounds in service to this Nation further deserve respect and recognition; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, that June 27, 2016, be designated as "Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day" to encourage all public, private, and military service providers to continue educating service members and veterans and their families, victims of abuse, crimes, and natural disasters, and the general public about the causes, symptoms, and treatment for post-traumatic stress injuries; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Adjutant General, Director of Health, and the Director of the Office of Veterans' Services.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

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June 27, 2016, Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day