Bill Text: IA HR120 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution recognizing November 2012 as COPD Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-12 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 808. [HR120 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HR120-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
120
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
120
BY
L.
MILLER
A
Resolution
recognizing
November
2012
as
COPD
1
Awareness
Month.
2
WHEREAS,
chronic
obstructive
pulmonary
disease
3
(COPD)
is
a
term
used
to
describe
airflow
obstruction
4
that
is
associated
mainly
with
emphysema
and
chronic
5
bronchitis;
and
6
WHEREAS,
COPD
affects
an
estimated
24
million
people
7
and
kills
more
than
120,000
Americans
every
year,
with
8
an
average
of
one
person
dying
from
COPD
every
four
9
minutes,
an
alarming
statistic
for
a
disease
many
have
10
never
heard
of;
and
11
WHEREAS,
in
2008
COPD
became
the
third
leading
cause
12
of
death
in
the
United
States;
and
13
WHEREAS,
pulmonary
experts
predict
that
by
the
year
14
2020,
COPD
will
become
the
leading
cause
of
death
15
worldwide;
and
16
WHEREAS,
COPD
currently
accounts
for
1.5
million
17
emergency
department
visits,
726,000
hospitalizations,
18
and
8
million
physician
office
and
hospital
outpatient
19
visits,
all
of
which
are
a
detriment
to
the
U.S.
20
economy,
costing
the
nation
an
estimated
$49.9
billion
21
in
direct
and
indirect
medical
costs
annually;
and
22
WHEREAS,
in
2007
and
2008,
3,452
Iowans
45
years
of
23
age
and
older
died
from
COPD;
and
24
WHEREAS,
between
2006
and
2008,
COPD
25
hospitalizations
in
Iowa
rose
from
a
rate
of
4.4
26
per
1,000
to
4.9
per
1,000,
with
the
average
27
hospitalization
for
COPD
costing
$12,938,
excluding
28
-1-
LSB
6052HH
(7)
84
jr/nh
1/
3
H.R.
120
professional
fees,
in
2008;
and
1
WHEREAS,
the
American
Lung
Association
in
Iowa
is
2
implementing
the
Iowa
COPD
Strategic
Plan,
a
statewide
3
effort
to
increase
early
detection,
improve
care
and
4
treatment,
and
prevent
and
reduce
the
prevalence
of
the
5
disease;
and
6
WHEREAS,
research
has
identified
a
hereditary
7
protein
deficiency
called
Alpha-1
Antitrypsin
which
8
predisposes
people
to
developing
COPD,
even
without
9
exposure
to
smoking
or
environmental
triggers;
and
10
WHEREAS,
recently
the
death
rate
for
women
with
COPD
11
has
surpassed
the
death
rate
of
men
with
COPD,
with
12
women
over
the
age
of
40
being
the
fastest-growing
13
segment
of
the
population
developing
this
irreversible
14
disease,
due
in
large
part
to
the
equalization
of
15
opportunities
for
men
and
women
to
smoke
over
the
past
16
several
generations;
and
17
WHEREAS,
spirometry
testing
and
medical
treatments
18
exist
to
address
symptom
relief
and
possibly
slow
the
19
progression
of
the
disease,
but
there
is
currently
no
20
cure
for
COPD;
and
21
WHEREAS,
until
there
is
a
cure,
the
best
approaches
22
to
preventing
COPD
and
its
considerable
health,
23
societal,
and
mortality
impacts
lie
with
education,
24
awareness,
and
expanded
delivery
of
detection
and
25
management
protocols;
NOW
THEREFORE,
26
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
27
That
the
House
of
Representatives
recognizes
the
month
28
of
November
2012
as
COPD
Awareness
Month
in
the
State
29
of
Iowa
in
recognition
of
this
deadly
disease
and
its
30
-2-
LSB
6052HH
(7)
84
jr/nh
2/
3
