A resolution designating April 2014 as "National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month".
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Passed
Latest Action · April 7, 2014
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2202; text as passed Senate: CR S2200-2201)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Designates April 2014 as National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month.
Declares that steps should be taken to: (1) raise awareness of and increase public knowledge about congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH); (2) inform minority populations about CDH; (3) disseminate information on the importance of quality neonatal care for CDH patients; (4) promote quality prenatal care and the use of ultrasounds to detect CDH in utero; and (5) increase research funding in an amount commensurate with the burden of CDH to improve screening and treatment for it, discover its causes, and develop a cure for it.
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