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Bill 717

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      717
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990414
Primary Sponsor:                  Giese
All Sponsors:                     Giese
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22277ac99.doc
Companion Bill Number:            3899
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990427
Subject:                          Stroke Awareness Month, May designated 
                                  as; Resolutions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990427  Received from House
House   19990427  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
Senate  19990427  Adopted, sent to House
Senate  19990422  Polled out of Committee: Favorable     10 SI
Senate  19990414  Introduced, referred to Committee      10 SI


                             Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 22, 1999 - Word format

POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE

MAJORITY FAVORABLE

April 22, 1999

S. 717

S. Printed 4/22/99--S.

Read the first time April 14, 1999.

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 717), to declare May, 1999, as Stroke Awareness Month, etc., respectfully

Has polled the Concurrent Resolution out majority favorable.

TO DECLARE MAY, 1999, AS STROKE AWARENESS MONTH IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO URGE ALL CITIZENS TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES REGARDING THE RISK FACTORS FOR STROKE AND HEART DISEASE AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF THESE CONDITIONS.

Whereas, South Carolina suffers from the highest death rate from stroke and heart disease in the nation; and

Whereas, stroke and heart disease are major preventable killers in South Carolina; and

Whereas, the average South Carolinian lives two years less than the average American; and

Whereas, eastern South Carolina is known as the "Buckle of the Stroke Belt" because of the high occurrence of stroke in this area; and

Whereas, stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in both South Carolina and the United States; and

Whereas, stroke and heart disease are South Carolina's leading killers, accounting for approximately fifty percent of all deaths in the State; and

Whereas, stroke, heart disease, and related complications are major causes of hospitalization, disability, and health care costs; and during 1997, $3,200,000,000 was spent for hospitalizations in South Carolina for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, heart failure and shock, coronary bypass, cardiac catheterization, heart transplant, and end stage renal disease; and

Whereas, stroke and heart disease cost the State of South Carolina countless millions of dollars in lost wages, rehabilitation costs, and lost economic opportunity; and

Whereas, widespread risk factors for developing heart disease and stroke, uncontrolled high blood pressure, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, atrial fibrillation, and diabetes all can be reduced and/or prevented; and

Whereas, it is the public policy of this State to prevent unnecessary mortality, morbidity, cost, and needless suffering from stroke and heart disease wherever possible; and

Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly recognizes that prevention of stroke and heart disease is a matter of both state and local policy and of public concern and that involving professionals from multiple disciplines and persons from multiple sectors of society can increase the understanding of the causes of and methods for preventing the heart disease and stroke burden to the citizens of South Carolina; and

Whereas, increased awareness of the causes, signs, and symptoms of these diseases is essential to prevention and treatment; and

Whereas, a coordinated, comprehensive, planned joint public and private effort is needed to achieve the prevention and awareness of this unnecessary burden from stroke and heart disease in South Carolina; and

Whereas, a coordinated, comprehensive, long-term statewide effort to reduce risk factors in all population groups can markedly reduce the continuing toll of stroke and heart disease in South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That, by this resolution, the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina declares the month of May, 1999, as Stroke Awareness Month in South Carolina and urges all citizens to educate themselves regarding the risk factors for stroke and heart disease and to recognize the signs and symptoms of these conditions.

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