HCR 35: Relating to establishing March 2006 as brain injury awareness month.
00 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35 01 Relating to establishing March 2006 as brain injury awareness month. 02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 WHEREAS traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability among 04 children and young adults in the state; and 05 WHEREAS approximately 700 people in the state report a traumatic brain injury each 06 year; and 07 WHEREAS 20 percent of traumatic brain injuries result in death; and 08 WHEREAS an estimated 12,000 people in the state have suffered a traumatic brain 09 injury; and 10 WHEREAS many people who suffer a traumatic brain injury live with permanent 11 disabilities; and 12 WHEREAS most cases of traumatic brain injury are preventable; and 13 WHEREAS the lack of public awareness is so vast that traumatic brain injury is 14 known in the disability community as the nation's "silent epidemic"; and 15 WHEREAS the Brain Injury Association of America has recognized the month of 16 March each year as Brain Injury Awareness Month;
01 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature 02 (1) recognizes the life-altering effect that traumatic brain injury may have on 03 people living with the resultant disabilities from traumatic brain injury and on their families; 04 (2) recognizes the need for enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain 05 injury; 06 (3) supports the designation of March 2006 as Brain Injury Awareness Month; 07 and 08 (4) encourages the people of the state to observe Brain Injury Awareness 09 Month with appropriate programs and activities.