Bill Text: NJ AR44 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes August 2010 as Immunization Awareness Month in New Jersey.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-25 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee [AR44 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-AR44-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOSEPH CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman DAVID P. RIBLE
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Recognizes August 2010 as Immunization Awareness Month in New Jersey.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Assembly Resolution recognizing August 2010 as Immunization Awareness Month in New Jersey.
Whereas, Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective public health tools available for preventing disease and death; and
Whereas, National immunization levels are at or near record highs for most vaccines and most vaccine-preventable diseases have been reduced by 99% or more; and
Whereas, Individuals and health care providers in every community have a responsibility to ensure that everyone is immunized on time and receives the full schedule of vaccinations required to protect them from serious diseases; and
Whereas, The viruses and bacteria that cause vaccine-preventable diseases circulate in our communities and can infect people who are not protected by vaccines; and
Whereas, Maintaining high immunization rates protects the entire community by interrupting transmission of disease-causing viruses or bacteria; and
Whereas, Every year in New Jersey approximately 100,000 babies are born, each one of whom deserves on-time immunizations to protect them against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases before age two; and
Whereas, Each year approximately 70,000 young adults will go to a New Jersey college for the first time and are at risk of acquiring bacterial meningococcal disease and other diseases unless they have been appropriately immunized as adolescents; and
Whereas, Annually 50,000 to 70,000 adults die in the United States from vaccine-preventable diseases; and
Whereas, Health care providers play a critical role in educating their patients about the importance of immunization and ensuring that their patients are fully immunized; and
Whereas, A month profiling the importance of immunization in New Jersey would increase public awareness that many diseases are effectively and safely prevented or controlled by immunization, thereby reducing the burden of illness in our communities; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. This House recognizes August 2010 as Immunization Awareness Month in New Jersey and calls upon the residents of this State to recognize the importance of this month by talking to their health care providers to ensure that their and their family's immunizations are up-to-date.
2. Duly authenticated copies of this resolution, signed by the Speaker of the General Assembly and attested to by the Clerk thereof, shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services.
STATEMENT
This resolution recognizes August 2010 as Immunization Awareness Month in New Jersey. Immunizations are among the most successful and cost-effective public health tools available for preventing disease and death. Each year, however 50,000 to 70,000 adults die of vaccine-preventable diseases nationwide. Increasing public awareness that many diseases are effectively and safely prevented or controlled by immunization is an effective way to reduce the burden of illness for the residents of the State.
