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OH HCR15
Concurrent Resolution
Status
5/19/2015
Primary Sponsor
Christie Bryant Kuhns
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AI Summary
I cannot provide an accurate summary because the bill title you've provided does not match the document content. The document is H.C.R. No. 15 from Ohio's 131st General Assembly (2015-2016), which concerns type 1 diabetes research funding, not Pete Rose or Major League Baseball.
Based on the actual document provided, here is the correct summary:
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Urges the United States Congress to increase federal funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and development of closed-loop insulin delivery systems ("artificial pancreas") and islet cell transplantation therapy for type 1 diabetes treatment.
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Identifies that more than one million Americans have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, which frequently strikes children and carries threats of blindness, kidney failure, amputations, heart disease, and death.
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States that type 1 diabetes costs billions of dollars annually in medical expenses and lost productivity, with diagnoses growing at an alarming rate.
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Declares that adequate federal funding for these advanced medical technologies will expedite patient access to treatments, enhance health care outcomes, and preserve billions in taxpayer funds.
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Directs the Ohio House Clerk to transmit the resolution to U.S. Congress leadership, the Ohio Congressional delegation, and Ohio news media.
Legislative Description
To urge the Commissioner of Major League Baseball to remove Peter Edward "Pete" Rose from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list as soon as possible, and to urge the Baseball Writers' Association of America and the National Baseball Hall of Fame to include Rose on the Hall of Fame ballot.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to Committee: Government Accountability and Oversight
5/19/2015