HR 9015

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing March 2011 as "Brain Injury
3	Awareness Month" in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, 100,000 Floridians annually sustain a traumatic
6	brain injury, and
7	WHEREAS, more than 8,300 Floridians sustain permanent,
8	life-long disabilities from a traumatic brain injury that
9	results in a life-altering experience that may include serious
10	physical, cognitive, and emotional impairments, and
11	WHEREAS, more than 210,000 Floridians currently live with
12	permanent disabilities resulting from a traumatic brain injury,
13	but the lack of public awareness is so vast that traumatic brain
14	injury is known in the disability community as the "silent
15	epidemic," and
16	WHEREAS, traumatic brain injury attributable to roadside
17	bombs and blasts is the signature wound of the global War on
18	Terror, and military personnel who return to Florida with
19	traumatic brain injuries require additional state and local
20	resources, and
21	WHEREAS, most cases of traumatic brain injury are
22	preventable, and enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain
23	injury is essential in preventing and developing effective
24	treatment and providing necessary resources, and
25	WHEREAS, the Brain Injury Association of Florida, Inc., has
26	recognized March as "Brain Injury Awareness Month," NOW,
27	THEREFORE,
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29	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
30	Florida:
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32	That March 2011 is recognized as "Brain Injury Awareness
33	Month" in Florida.

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