PENNSYLVANIA, April 9 - PRINTER'S NO. 545

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

61

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY COLLETT, BROWNE, HUGHES, SCAVELLO, KANE, PHILLIPS-

HILL, J. WARD, FONTANA, KEARNEY, MARTIN, STREET, YUDICHAK,

BREWSTER, BARTOLOTTA AND COSTA, APRIL 9, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, APRIL 9, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Designating the week of February 7 through February 14, 2021, as

"Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" and further

designating February 14, 2021, as "Emersyn's Day" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, "Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week" is an

annual recognition effort to help educate the public about

congenital heart defects; and

WHEREAS, Congenital heart defects are the most common

congenital disability, annually affecting 1 in every 104

newborns in the United States; and

WHEREAS, Designating "Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week"

in this Commonwealth promotes greater public awareness about

congenital heart defects and encourages proper screenings to

detect such defects; and

WHEREAS, Congenital heart defects are a leading cause of

birth-defect-related deaths worldwide; and

WHEREAS, Congenital heart defects cause twice as many

fatalities as childhood cancer; and

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