Senate Resolution 119 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                  BY  BEALL and GASKILL
  1  3 A Resolution designating September 2008 as Prostate
  1  4    Cancer Awareness Month.
  1  5    WHEREAS, countless families in Iowa live with
  1  6 prostate cancer; and
  1  7    WHEREAS, a significant number of men in Iowa live
  1  8 with prostate cancer; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, over the past decade, prostate cancer has
  1 10 been the most commonly diagnosed nonskin cancer and
  1 11 the second most common cause of cancer=related deaths
  1 12 among men in Iowa; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society estimates
  1 14 218,890 men in the United States will be diagnosed
  1 15 with prostate cancer and 27,050 men will die of
  1 16 prostate cancer in 2008; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society estimates
  1 18 2,140 men in Iowa will be diagnosed with prostate
  1 19 cancer and 350 men will die of prostate cancer in
  1 20 2008; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, African=American males suffer a prostate
  1 22 cancer incidence rate up to 60 percent higher than
  1 23 white males and more than double the mortality rate;
  1 24 and
  1 25    WHEREAS, age, ethnicity, and family history are
  1 26 significant predictors of the severity of prostate
  1 27 cancer and the probability that the disease will lead
  1 28 to death; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 29    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 30 designates September 2008 as Prostate Cancer Awareness
  2  1 month;
  2  2    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate declares
  2  3 that Iowa state government has a responsibility to
  2  4 raise awareness about the importance of screening
  2  5 methods for, and treatment of, prostate cancer; to
  2  6 encourage increased research in order to improve
  2  7 screening and treatment of prostate cancer, and to
  2  8 provide that the causes of, and a cure for, prostate
  2  9 cancer may be discovered; and to continue to consider
  2 10 ways for improving access to, and the quality of,
  2 11 health care services for detecting and treating
  2 12 prostate cancer.
  2 13    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate requests
  2 14 the Governor to issue a proclamation calling on the
  2 15 people of Iowa, interested groups, and affected
  2 16 persons to promote awareness of prostate cancer; to
  2 17 take an active role in the fight to end the
  2 18 devastating effects of prostate cancer on individuals
  2 19 and their families; to observe Prostate Cancer
  2 20 Awareness Month with appropriate ceremonies and
  2 21 activities; and to urge the United States Congress to
  2 22 prohibit the application of least costly alternative
  2 23 practices or similar policies for drugs and
  2 24 biologicals that unfairly target prostate cancer
  2 25 patients.
  2 26 LSB 6612SS 82
  2 27 rj/rj/24.1