Bill Text: NY K00638 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 12-18, 2023, as Infant Mental Health Awareness Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-8)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-06 - adopted [K00638 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K00638-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 638

BY: M. of A. Solages

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        June 12-18, 2023, as Infant Mental Health  Awareness
        Week in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It  is the sense of this Legislative Body, in keeping with
its time-honored traditions, to recognize and observe the importance  of
the mental health of residents across New York State; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant to such concern, this Legislative Body is justly
proud to memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 12-18, 2023,
as Infant Mental Health Awareness Week in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, Infant mental health reflects the crucial first five  years
of  a  child's life in which they grow mentally, through observations of
their emotional capacity, as well as in their primary relationships; and

  WHEREAS, Infant mental health is dependent on the love and care that
a  child  receives  because  the  overall   quality   of   the   primary
relationships  in  an  infant's life dictate their choices and potential
future experiences and opportunities; and

  WHEREAS, Loving and nurturing relationships offer a child a sense of
emotional security; this emotional security allows a child  the  courage
to explore the world and succeed far more; and

  WHEREAS,  During  the  initial  five  years  of  a  child's life the
foundation for proper social and emotional development are conceived and
a  child's  understanding  of   self-worth   and   self-confidence   are
constructed;  these necessary emotional developmental traits are crucial
to success in school and life; and

  WHEREAS, Without the proper care and affection during these  initial
five    years,   a   child   can   become   depressed,   restless,   and
attention-starved, leading  them  to  seek  out  solace  from  dangerous
situations; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the practice of this Legislative Body to recognize
those vital days which remind us of the  importance  of  establishing  a
foundation of mental health for all adults; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul  to  proclaim  June  12-18,  2023,  as
Infant  Mental Health Awareness Week in the State of New York; and be it
further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.