74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                   Senate Joint Resolution 21
 
Sponsored by Senator MORRISETTE, Representative BOQUIST; Senators
  DECKERT, KRUSE, MONNES ANDERSON, NELSON, WALKER,
  Representatives BARKER, BONAMICI, BOONE, CAMERON, DALLUM,
  DINGFELDER, FLORES, GILLIAM, HUNT, KRIEGER, MAURER, MORGAN,
  NELSON, OLSON, ROSENBAUM, SCHAUFLER, THATCHER, WHISNANT (at the
  request of Brain Injury Association of Oregon)
 
 
  Whereas 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury
each year, and 500,000 of those individuals die as a result of
these injuries; and
  Whereas approximately 5.3 million Americans live with
disabilities resulting from traumatic brain injury each year, and
500,000 of those individuals die as a result of these injuries,
including 72,000 Oregonians; and
  Whereas traumatic brain injury ranks as the leading cause of
death and disability in children and young adults; and
  Whereas 40,000 individuals over the age of 65 visit hospital
emergency rooms for traumatic brain injury resulting from a fall,
leading to the hospitalization of 16,000 senior citizens and the
deaths of 4,000 senior citizens annually; and
  Whereas the costs relating to brain injury are staggering, and
individuals with traumatic brain injury typically face 5 to 10
years of intensive rehabilitation with cumulative costs exceeding
$60 billion annually; and
  Whereas individuals with traumatic brain injury suffer from
serious physical impairments and a variety of perceptual,
cognitive, psychiatric, emotional and behavioral complications,
including impaired interpersonal and problem-solving skills,
memory loss, decreased thought-processing abilities, speech and
seizure disorders, and physical deficits; and
  Whereas the only cure for traumatic brain injury is prevention,
and public awareness is critical to the prevention of brain
injury and to enhancing the recovery process of all individuals
affected by traumatic brain injury; now, therefore,
 
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
 
  That the month of March in each year is designated as Brain
Injury Awareness Month. All Oregon citizens are urged to
recognize that knowing the consequences of traumatic brain injury
is critical to public understanding, and that this understanding
can lead to the prevention of traumatic brain injury and enhance
the recovery process for traumatic brain injury survivors.
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                                Adopted by Senate March 19, 2007
 
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                                       Secretary of Senate
 
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                                       President of Senate
 
 
                                  Adopted by House May 10, 2007
 
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                                        Speaker of House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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