Bill Text: NY K00266 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 14-20, 2019, as Osteopathic Medicine Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-15)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-09 - adopted [K00266 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00266-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 266

BY: M. of A. Gunther

        LEGISLATIVE      RESOLUTION  memorializing  Governor
        Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April  14-20,  2019,  as
        Osteopathic  Medicine Week in the State of New York,
        in  conjunction  with  the  observance  of  National
        Osteopathic Medicine Week

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense of this Legislative Body to memorialize
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 14-20, 2019,  as  Osteopathic
Medicine  Week  in  the  State  of  New  York,  in  conjunction with the
observance of National Osteopathic Medicine Week, and to pay tribute  to
the osteopathic physicians of this great Empire State; and

  WHEREAS, There are currently close to 140,000 osteopathic physicians
(DOs) and osteopathic medical students in the United States; this figure
includes a growing number of women and minorities; and

  WHEREAS,  One  in four medical students in the United States attends
an osteopathic medical school, with enrollment increasing  approximately
25% every five years; and

  WHEREAS,  DOs are projected to represent more than 20% of practicing
physicians by 2030; and

  WHEREAS, DOs have made  tremendous  contributions  to  the  American
health  care system since the Osteopathic Medical Profession was founded
by Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO, in 1874; and

  WHEREAS, DOs have treated United States presidents,  contributed  to
the  fight  against  AIDS  and the fight for civil rights, and served on
nationwide health care panels; and

  WHEREAS, DOs are fully-licensed to prescribe medicine  and  practice
in all specialty areas of medicine, including surgery; and

  WHEREAS,  DOs are trained to consider the health of the whole person
and use their hands to help diagnose and treat their patients; and

  WHEREAS, DOs provide comprehensive medical  care  including  primary
care, specialty care, preventive medicine, diagnoses and the appropriate
use  of  medication,  surgery, manipulation and hospital referral, often
practicing in rural and urban medically underserved areas; and

  WHEREAS, New York State has more  than  5,000  licensed  osteopathic
physicians   who   are  dedicated  to  improving  the  health  of  their
communities through education and advocacy, as  well  as  by  delivering
quality health services; and

  WHEREAS,  The  citizens  of  New  York  State recognize the need for
osteopathic physicians  who  are  committed  to  bringing  attention  to
improving  the  health  of Americans regardless of age, income level, or
ethnicity; and

  WHEREAS, New York State has two colleges  of  osteopathic  medicine,
The  New  York  Institute  of  Technology  (NYIT) College of Osteopathic
Medicine in Old Westbury, and the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine,
New York, with campuses in Harlem and Middletown,  all  of  which  train
students  who  enter  primary care specialties in numbers well above the
national average; and

  WHEREAS, Osteopathic physicians deserve acknowledgment for providing
high-quality, comprehensive care to New Yorkers across our  State;  now,
therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  the  Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 14-20,  2019,  as
Osteopathic  Medicine Week in the State of New York, in conjunction with
the observance of National Osteopathic Medicine Week in appreciation  to
osteopathic physicians for their contributions to health care; and be it
further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New York.