Bill Text: NY J01861 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2022, as Brain Injury Awareness Month in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-02-15 - ADOPTED [J01861 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-J01861-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1861

BY: Senator PALUMBO

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        March 2022, as Brain Injury Awareness Month  in  the
        State of New York

  WHEREAS,  The  State  of  New  York  takes  great  pride  in calling
attention to serious medical conditions which affect  thousands  of  New
Yorkers; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense of this Legislative Body to memorialize
Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2022, as Brain Injury  Awareness
Month  in  the  State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of
National Brain Injury Awareness Month; and

  WHEREAS, Social Brain Organization was  developed  and  launched  in
January  of  2019,  for  brain  injury  survivors and families to have a
community to come together; and

  WHEREAS, Social Brain Organization has relieved these survivors  and
their  families  of  this  burden  by creating a community to bring them
together; through  monthly  and  weekly  meetups,  both  in  person  and
virtually,  a  brain injury survivor can find a friend, listen to music,
participate with local college students, enjoy a picnic on a  nice  day,
and be with others who understand their similarities; and

  WHEREAS,  Furthermore,  during  the  COVID-19  pandemic  this  vital
organization created a  medical  supply  closet  to  provide  the  local
community with basic items of necessity; and

  WHEREAS,  By  educating, training, advocating, and supporting people
with brain injury, Social Brain Organization ensures that no  individual
has to face brain injury alone; and

  WHEREAS,  In  New  York  State, more than 500 people sustain a brain
injury every day and it is estimated that brain injuries occur 50%  more
often and are not reported; and

  WHEREAS, Each year, an estimated 2,200 New York residents die from a
traumatic brain injury and another 19,000 are hospitalized; and

  WHEREAS,  A brain injury is an injury to the brain that occurs after
birth and is  not  congenital,  degenerative,  or  hereditary;  examples
include  stroke,  exposure  to  toxic  substances,  oxygen  deprivation,
infectious disease, trauma from motor vehicle  and  other  high-velocity
accidents and even concussions resulting from mild trauma; and

  WHEREAS,  One  of the complexities about brain injury is that no two
brain injuries are alike; and

  WHEREAS, A brain injury may produce a diminished or altered state of
consciousness and can result in an impairment of cognitive abilities  or
physical   functioning;  it  can  also  result  in  the  disturbance  of
behavioral or emotional functioning; and

  WHEREAS, The impairments that result from traumatic brain injury can
be temporary or permanent and can  cause  partial  or  total  functional
disability or psychosocial maladjustment; and

  WHEREAS,  Brain Injury Awareness Month is dedicated to educating the
public about brain injuries and de-stigmatizing brain injury, empowering
those who have survived brain injury and their caregivers, and promoting
the many types of support that are available to people living with brain
injuries; and

  WHEREAS, It is in the custom of this Legislative Body  to  recognize
the  achievements  made  and  to continue these efforts by promoting the
prevention and educating the public about the dangers of  brain  injury;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul  to  proclaim  March  2022,  as  Brain
Injury Awareness Month in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of  New
York; and Social Brain Organization.