Bill Text: PA HR586 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Designating the month of March 2012 as "Licensed Athletic Trainer Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-28 - Adopted (196-0) [HR586 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR586-Amended.html

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CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3134 PRINTER'S NO. 3212
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 586 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, SCAVELLO, QUINN, RAVENSTAHL, DEASY, BISHOP, BRENNAN, V. BROWN, DALEY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHART, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MARSICO, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, ROCK, SONNEY, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD, BENNINGHOFF, ROEBUCK, BRADFORD, KULA, GIBBONS, TALLMAN, ELLIS, DeLUCA, FLECK AND CALTAGIRONE, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2012 as "Licensed Athletic
Trainer Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Licensed athletic trainers (ATLs) are medical
professionals who specialize in the prevention, assessment,
treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses that
occur to athletes and the physically active; and
WHEREAS, Each licensed athletic trainer works under the
direction of a licensed physician and in cooperation with other
health care professionals; and
WHEREAS, Parents and school administrators are discovering
the benefits an ATL can offer in preventing and caring for
injuries sustained in athletic activity, and the American
Medical Association recommends that ATLs be in every high
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school; and
WHEREAS, ATLs have long been present at colleges and
universities, especially in their athletic programs; and
WHEREAS, In professional sports, ATLs work year-round,
conditioning and rehabilitating athletes; and
WHEREAS, Each branch of the United States Armed Forces is
increasing the use of ATLs as part of the health care team for
active-duty injuries, at base fitness and wellness centers and
in new recruit and pre-enlistment readiness programs; and
WHEREAS, ATLs are a key component of the health care team
caring for persons with workplace injuries, particularly in the
orthopedic and musculoskeletal disciplines; and
WHEREAS, Accredited undergraduate education programs in
athletic training include injury and illness prevention, first
aid, emergency care, human anatomy and physiology, therapeutic
modalities and nutrition, and more than 70% of ATLs hold an
advanced degree; and
WHEREAS, The month of March is National Brain Injury
Awareness Month, and ATLs are becoming increasingly astute to
the need for brain injury awareness among coaches and athletes
and are on the front line of the assessment of brain injuries;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
month of March 2012 as "Licensed Athletic Trainer Month" in
Pennsylvania.
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