By:  Barrientos                                        S.R. No. 271
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
    1-3  recognize the month of March as Kidney Awareness Month in Texas;
    1-4  and
    1-5        WHEREAS, The Central Texas Chapter of the National Kidney
    1-6  Foundation as well as other chapters throughout the state are
    1-7  planning to hold health fairs and other educational programs
    1-8  to bring kidney problems to the forefront; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, The National Kidney Foundation is a nonprofit
   1-10  organization whose goal and mission is the eradication of diseases
   1-11  of the kidney and urinary tract; and
   1-12        WHEREAS, The ultimate goal can be met if the kidney foundation
   1-13  achieves a series of individual goals including gaining adequate
   1-14  support for research training, fostering the continuing education
   1-15  of health care professionals, expanding and developing patient
   1-16  services and community resources, increasing the public's knowledge
   1-17  about kidney disease, monitoring health policy development, and
   1-18  increasing fund raising to allow for the continuation of present
   1-19  programs and the development of new ones; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, Lay volunteers working in tandem with health
   1-21  professionals are seeking the answers to the prevention of kidney
   1-22  disease while ensuring that those who are now suffering from kidney
   1-23  disease are receiving the finest possible care; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, Solutions including hemodialysis, peritoneal
    2-2  dialysis, or transplantation have been found to treat patients
    2-3  with end stage renal failure only within the last 20 years; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, Such important and far-reaching efforts are truly
    2-5  deserving of everyone's generous support and appreciation; and
    2-6        WHEREAS, Health care professionals and volunteers of the
    2-7  National Kidney Foundation are to be commended for their superb
    2-8  work to prevent kidney diseases and to provide the most up-to-date
    2-9  medical care for patients who suffer from kidney problems; now,
   2-10  therefore, be it
   2-11        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   2-12  74th Legislature, hereby recognize March, 1995, and March of each
   2-13  succeeding year as Kidney Awareness Month in Texas; and, be it
   2-14  further
   2-15        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
   2-16  the Central Texas Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation as an
   2-17  expression of the admiration and appreciation of the Texas Senate.
   2-18                               ______________________________________
   2-19                                       President of the Senate
   2-20                                    I hereby certify that the above
   2-21                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
   2-22                               on February 20, 1995.
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   2-24                                       Secretary of the Senate
   2-25                               ______________________________________
    3-1                                        Member, Texas Senate