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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Urotrauma is an issue of growing concern to active |
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military personnel and veterans of the armed forces; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, injuries to the genitourinary system |
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constitute up to 10 percent of battlefield injuries, and such |
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injuries are increasing in complexity as well as in number; trauma |
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to the genitourinary organs is both physically and psychologically |
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debilitating, and it can have a devastating impact on reproductive |
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and other functions; and |
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WHEREAS, Although urotrauma profoundly affects many members |
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and former members of the military, such injuries have not been |
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adequately studied; there is a pressing need for greater education, |
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awareness, and research and for a stronger focus on urotrauma in |
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terms of policy and the health care delivery system; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to their |
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wounded warriors, and to ensure that those who have suffered |
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urotrauma receive proper treatment, it is vital to undertake a |
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comprehensive study encompassing the prevention, incidence, |
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morbidity, and mortality as well as the social and economic |
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implications of such injuries; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to |
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direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans |
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Affairs to undertake a study of urotrauma among members of the |
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military, evaluating and identifying the current abilities of the |
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departments to diagnose, prevent, and treat urotrauma and related |
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infertility; in addition, the study should (1) analyze the |
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incidence, duration, morbidity rate, and mortality rate of |
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urotrauma, and (2) develop a long-term plan for the use and |
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organization of federal resources to improve the diagnosis, |
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prevention, and treatment of urotrauma among active duty members |
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and veterans of the armed forces; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of |
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this resolution to the president of the United States, to the |
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president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record |
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as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |