Bill Text: NY J00394 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Cattaraugus County Health Department

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-02-07 - ADOPTED [J00394 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J00394-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 394

BY: Senator BORRELLO

        COMMEMORATING   the   100th   Anniversary  of  the
        Cattaraugus County Health Department

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to  commend  those
organizations  that  work  to serve the health care needs of citizens of
the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and  in  full  accord  with  its
long-standing  traditions,  this  Legislative  Body  is  justly proud to
commemorate the 100th  Anniversary  of  the  Cattaraugus  County  Health
Department, to be celebrated at an event on Thursday, June 15, 2023; and

  WHEREAS,  In  1921,  the  New York State Legislature passed a law to
organize the first county health unit in New York;  after  surveys  were
made  of  four  counties,  Cattaraugus  County was selected as the first
demonstration area on November 20, 1922; and

  WHEREAS, In 1923,  the  Cattaraugus  County  Health  Department  was
officially  launched  with  bureaus  dealing with communicable diseases,
tuberculosis and statistics, and with a laboratory service; and

  WHEREAS, Today, the Cattaraugus County Health Department  diligently
works  to  engage  and  empower the public of all ages to live healthier
lifestyles  through  efforts  of   education,   prevention,   promotion,
monitoring,    accessibility,    affordability,   technology,   testing,
diagnosing, and treating; and

  WHEREAS, The success of the Cattaraugus County Health Department  is
in direct correlation to the efforts of its Public Health Director Kevin
D.  Watkins, MD, MPH and his staff, whose involvement is, and always has
been,  characterized  by  an impressive commitment to the profession, an
unbridled enthusiasm, and an uncompromising standard  of  excellence  in
all  endeavors on behalf of the organization and the residents they help
take care of; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body recognizes the  vital  importance  of
the Cattaraugus County Health Department in providing excellence in care
through  prevention, education and treatment, and its evident commitment
to this mission; now, therefore be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
commemorate  the  100th  Anniversary  of  the  Cattaraugus County Health
Department; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to  Kevin  D.  Watkins,  MD,  MPH,  Public Health Director,
Cattaraugus County Health Department.