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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Early Childhood Caries is the most common chronic |
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disease among children, affecting more than half of elementary |
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school students; and |
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WHEREAS, The effects of ECC are felt especially among |
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children in low-income families, with 80 percent of ECC cases |
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occurring in children at or below the poverty line, and with those |
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children having nearly 12 times more restricted-activity days |
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because of dental-related illnesses than children from |
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higher-income families; in addition, fewer than one in five |
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Medicaid-covered children receives even one preventive dental |
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service per year; and |
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WHEREAS, ECC is detrimental to the health, life, and |
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education of the thousands of children affected by it, and the |
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disease is damaging to the education and health systems of the |
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state, causing a tremendous drain on public funds; and |
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WHEREAS, Prevention is the key to combating ECC; by fostering |
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dental-health awareness in the classroom, communities can help |
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students understand how to avoid Early Childhood Caries, thereby |
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improving their overall health and education; a reduction in the |
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incidence of ECC will also lighten the burden on the state health |
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care system, saving vast amounts of state funds and resources; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize the first week of February 2008 as |
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Operation Stop Decay Week in the public school systems of the Lone |
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Star State. |
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Morrison |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1474 was adopted by the House on April |
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17, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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