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RESOLUTION DESIGNATING BONE MARROW
2 REGISTRATION DAY
3 1997 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Millie M. Peterson
6 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
7 DESIGNATING MAY 16, 1997 AS UTAH BONE MARROW REGISTRATION DAY IN
8 THE STATE OF UTAH; AND ENCOURAGING QUALIFIED CITIZENS TO CONSIDER
9 PLACING THEIR NAMES ON THE NATIONAL MARROW REGISTRY.
10 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
11 WHEREAS 30,000 children and adults are diagnosed each year with leukemia, aplastic
12 anemia, or other potentially fatal blood diseases;
13 WHEREAS transplantation technology has achieved remarkable success over the past
14 several decades;
15 WHEREAS of the patients who can be helped by bone marrow transplants, 70% cannot
16 find suitably matched donors within their own families;
17 WHEREAS the National Marrow Donor Program and its local affiliate have actively
18 encouraged participation of African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and
19 Hispanics in the program;
20 WHEREAS the chance of finding a suitable unrelated donor for patients who need them
21 can be as remote as one in a million;
22 WHEREAS the National Marrow Donor Program was established to recruit and match
23 patients and unrelated, willing donors across the country, working with the Federal Health
24 Resources and Services Administration, the Naval Medical Resources and Services
25 Administration, and the Naval Medical Research and Development Command; and
26 WHEREAS many healthy, qualified Utahns between the ages of 18 and 60 would be
27 willing to donate a small blood sample to be placed on the National Marrow Registry, but are not

1 aware of the program or the process of registering:
2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
3 Governor concurring therein, designate May 16, 1997, as Utah Bone Marrow Registration Day in
4 the state of Utah.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature and the Governor encourage qualified
6 Utah citizens to find out more about how to save lives through the National Marrow Donor
7 Program, and to consider being placed on the National Marrow Registry by contacting their local
8 blood bank.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the National
10 Marrow Donor Program and its local affiliate.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-27-97 1:33 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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