2016-03-23                     House Journal                      Page 1906
HJR 30                                                                                                                        
The House Special Committee on Military & Veterans' Affairs                                                                     
considered:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 30                                                                                              
     Urging the American Psychiatric Association to change the term                                                             
     "post-traumatic stress disorder" or "PTSD" to "post-traumatic                                                              
     stress injury" or "PTSI"; and urging the governor to support usage                                                         
     of the term "post-traumatic stress injury."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 30(MLV)                                                                                  
     Urging the American Psychiatric Association to change the term                                                             
     "post-traumatic stress disorder" or "PTSD" to "post-traumatic                                                              
     stress injury" or "PTSI"; urging the governor to support usage of                                                          
     the term "post-traumatic stress injury"; respectfully requesting that                                                      
     the Alaska delegation in Congress champion this change of                                                                  
     designation in the United States Congress; and designating June                                                            
     27, 2016, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Herron, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (6):  Spohnholz, Tuck, LeDoux, Colver, Hughes, Herron                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Lynn                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHJR 30(MLV):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                                    
2.  Zero, Dept. of Military & Veterans' Affairs                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HJR 30 was referred to the State Affairs Committee.