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FL S1376
Resolution
AI Summary
- Designates May 3, 2021, and each May 3 thereafter, as "Promise Fund of Florida, Inc., Founders Day" in Florida
- Recognizes that breast and cervical cancer kill more than 3,500 Floridians annually and affect approximately 18,000 women in the state with new diagnoses
- Notes that 31 percent of breast cancer cases and 50 percent of cervical cancer cases in Florida are diagnosed at advanced stages, with disproportionate impacts on Black and Hispanic women
- Acknowledges the Promise Fund of Florida, Inc.'s 2020 opening of an American College of Radiology-accredited Mammography Screening Center in Palm Beach County providing sliding-fee screenings to underserved populations
- Recognizes that 44 percent of women 40 and older and 50 percent of women 18 and older in Florida have not received recommended cancer screenings in the past year
Legislative Description
Promise Fund of Florida, Inc., Founders Day
Last Action
Adopted
3/18/2021
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