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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Donate Life Texas Day is taking place on |
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April 29, 2025, during National Donate Life Month, to raise |
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awareness of the crucial need for organ, eye, and tissue donors; and |
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WHEREAS, At any given time, more than 100,000 men, women, and |
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children are on the national transplant waiting list, with an |
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estimated 10,000 residing in Texas; there are more Americans |
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awaiting lifesaving organ transplants than there are available |
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donors, and tragically, 17 people pass away every day before a match |
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can be found; and |
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WHEREAS, Over 90 percent of U.S. adults support organ |
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donation, but only approximately 60 percent of eligible Texans are |
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currently signed up to be donors; just one donor can save as many as |
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eight lives, and corneal and tissue transplants from a single |
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individual can help many more patients enjoy better health; and |
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WHEREAS, Donate Life America and its partnering |
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organizations established National Donate Life Month in 2003; each |
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April, groups and communities across the United States participate |
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in activities to encourage Americans to register as organ, eye, and |
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tissue donors and to celebrate those who have given the gift of life |
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as donors; and |
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WHEREAS, By promoting organ donation and donor registration, |
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we can provide hope to countless Americans for longer, healthier |
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lives, and this worthy cause is one that deserves the earnest |
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support of every Texan; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby recognize April 29, 2025, as Donate Life Texas Day and |
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commend all those who are working to promote organ, eye, and tissue |
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donation in Texas. |