Pennsylvania HR 222: A Resolution urging the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to enact H.R. 303 to permit full, concurrent receipt of military retired pay and other veterans compensation, including dependent allowances.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1575
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 222
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, SCHMITT, VENKAT AND CONKLIN, MAY 2, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MAY 2, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Approximately 4.9 million children in the United
States currently have asthma; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 28 million individuals in the United States
have asthma and the numbers are increasing each year; and
WHEREAS, More than 1 million adults in this Commonwealth have
asthma; and
WHEREAS, Asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable
diseases among children; and
WHEREAS, More than 1.7 million individuals per year visit
emergency departments because of asthma's effects; and
WHEREAS, Asthma is a leading cause of hospitalizations and
school absences due to a chronic disease among children; and
WHEREAS, The total economic cost of asthma in the United
States was $81.9 billion per year from 2008 to 2013; and
WHEREAS, Black, Hispanic and indigenous individuals in the
United States face the highest burden of asthma; and
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WHEREAS, Asthma is a manageable disease that claimed the
lives of more than 3,500 individuals in the United States in
2021, including 143 individuals in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Individuals with asthma and food allergies need
access to affordable health insurance and to the medications and
devices they need at affordable prices; and
WHEREAS, More than 20 million individuals in the United
States have food allergies, including about 4.3 million
children; and
WHEREAS, Food allergies have increased among children living
in the United States over the past 20 years, with the greatest
increase in Black children; and
WHEREAS, Children with food allergies are two to four times
more likely to have asthma or other allergic diseases;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in
Pennsylvania.
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