South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 653

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Peeler
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11611ac03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on April 22, 2003
Introduced in the House on April 30, 2003
Adopted by the General Assembly on April 30, 2003

Summary: Nurses Week designated, May 6-12, 2003

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/22/2003  Senate  Introduced SJ-28
   4/22/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-28
   4/24/2003  Senate  Polled out of committee Medical Affairs SJ-39
   4/24/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs SJ-39
   4/25/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/29/2003  Senate  Adopted, sent to House SJ-74
   4/30/2003  House   Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-8

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/22/2003
4/24/2003
4/25/2003

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POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE

MAJORITY FAVORABLE

April 24, 2003

S. 653

Introduced by Senator Peeler

S. Printed 4/24/03--S.    [SEC 4/25/03 2:35 PM]

Read the first time April 22, 2003.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL AFFAIRS

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 653) to express sincere appreciation to South Carolina's registered nurses for their dedication to providing quality care and to their efforts and achievements in improving our health care system, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

Has polled the Concurrent Resolution out majority favorable.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA'S REGISTERED NURSES FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO PROVIDING QUALITY CARE AND TO THEIR EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN IMPROVING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND TO DESIGNATE MAY 6-12, 2003, AS "SOUTH CAROLINA NURSES WEEK".

Whereas, the nearly 2.7 million registered nurses in the United States comprise our nation's largest health care profession; and

Whereas, the depth and breadth of the registered nursing profession meets the different and emerging health care needs of the American population in a wide range of settings; and

Whereas, the American Nurses Association and the South Carolina Nurses Association, as the voice for the registered nurses of this country, are working to chart a new course for a healthy nation that relies on increasing delivery of primary and preventive health care; and

Whereas, a renewed emphasis on primary and preventive health care will require the better utilization of all of our nation's registered nursing resources; and

Whereas, professional nursing has been demonstrated to be an indispensable component in the safety and quality of care of hospitalized patients; and

Whereas, the demand for registered nursing services will be greater than ever because of the aging of the American and South Carolina populations, and the continuing expansion of life-sustaining technology, and the explosive growth of home health care services; and

Whereas, more qualified registered nurses will be needed in the future to meet the increasingly complex needs of health care consumers in this State; and

Whereas, the cost-effective, safe, and quality health care services provided by registered nurses will be an ever more important component of the United States and South Carolina health care delivery systems in the future; and

Whereas, along with the American Nurses Association, the South Carolina Nurses Association has declared the week of May 6-12, 2003, as National Nurses Week with the theme "Nurses: Lifting Spirits, Touching Lives" in celebration of the ways in which registered nurses strive to provide safe and high quality patient care and map out the way to improve our health care system. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, express their sincere appreciation to South Carolina's registered nurses for their dedication to providing quality care and to their efforts and achievements in improving our health care system and designate May 6-12, 2003, as "South Carolina Nurses Week".

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the South Carolina Nurses Association.

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