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IN HR0074
Resolution
Status
4/21/2017
Primary Sponsor
Peggy Mayfield
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AI Summary
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Recognizes Brayton Day, a student at Brooklyn Elementary School, for raising awareness and supporting research for gastroparesis, a rare condition affecting fewer than 200,000 people annually in the United States.
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Gastroparesis is partial paralysis of the stomach or intestinal tract where the stomach empties slowly or fails to empty; the condition can be treated but has no known cure.
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Brayton Day brought federal resolution HR 2311 to the attention of State Representative Peggy Mayfield (R-60) during a class field trip to the Indiana Statehouse to advocate for his mother, Laura Day, who suffers from gastroparesis.
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Representative Mayfield subsequently traveled to Washington, D.C., and met with Congressmen Marlin Stutzman and Todd Rokita to request their support for the federal resolution.
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The Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit a copy of this resolution to Brayton Day.
Legislative Description
Recognizing Brayton Day for his efforts to raise awareness and support for research for gastroparesis and encouraging other classmates to come aware of their ability as citizens to engage with their elected leaders in shaping future policy decisions for all Hoosiers.
Last Action
First reading: adopted voice vote
4/21/2017