Bill Text: OH SCR6 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Designating Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-13 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SCR6 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SCR6-Comm_Sub.html

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As Reported by the House Health and Aging Committee

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

S. C. R. No. 6

Senator Patton 

Cosponsors: Senators Bacon, Beagle, Brown, Cafaro, Cates, Faber, Hite, Hughes, Jones, Kearney, LaRose, Lehner, Obhof, Oelslager, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schiavoni, Smith, Tavares, Turner, Wagoner 

Representatives Wachtmann, Goodwin, Fende, Barnes, Carney, Celeste, Johnson, McKenney 

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A RESOLUTION

Designating Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month

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in Ohio, April 2011.

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WHEREAS,  The members of the 129th General Assembly of Ohio	3
are pleased to declare April 2011 as Primary Immunodeficiency	4
Awareness Month in the State of Ohio; and	5

WHEREAS,  Primary immunodeficiency diseases are disorders in	6
which part of the body's immune system is missing or does not	7
function properly. These disorders are caused by intrinsic or	8
genetic defects in the immune system, many of which require	9
chronic replacement therapies such as immune globulin	10
administration, gamma interferon, antibiotics, bone marrow or stem	11
cell transplantation, or gene therapy to protect afflicted	12
individuals from frequent life-threatening infections and	13
debilitating illnesses. The World Health Organization currently	14
recognizes more than two hundred primary immunodeficiency	15
diseases, and they are included by the National Institutes of	16
Health on their list of rare diseases; and	17

WHEREAS,  As the public and the medical community know little	18
about primary immunodeficiency diseases, there is a delay of 12.4	19
years between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis, often resulting	20
in permanent functional impairment. These diseases may affect as	21
many as 250,000 people in the United States; and	22

WHEREAS,  The education of healthcare professionals about	23
primary immunodeficiency diseases is necessary to reduce delays in	24
diagnosis and treatment, and widespread public support is needed	25
to understand these disorders, find cures, and provide access to	26
available life-saving therapies. The Immune Deficiency Foundation	27
is helping this cause by providing advocacy, education, and	28
research to improve diagnosis and treatment; therefore be it	29

RESOLVED,  That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly	30
of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, designate April 2011 as	31
Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month in the State of Ohio and	32
encourage all citizens to learn about primary immunodeficiency	33
diseases and support those affected by them; and be it further	34

RESOLVED,  That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly	35
authenticated copies of this Resolution to the Immune Deficiency	36
Foundation and the news media of Ohio.	37