SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16
(By Senators Foster and Jenkins)
Encouraging the Bureau for Public Health to work collaboratively
with health care providers and consumer advocates throughout
the State of West Virginia in the fight against chronic kidney
disease.
Whereas, Chronic kidney disease is a debilitating condition
that affects one in nine Americans; and
Whereas, Estimates indicate that approximately 60,000 West
Virginians are likely to have moderate to severe kidney
insufficiency; and
Whereas, This disease progresses in five identifiable stages
from minor or moderate loss of kidney function to kidney failure in
which the body can no longer process certain toxins or properly
regulate blood pressure or critical nutrients; and
Whereas, In Stage Five of the disease, known as end-stage
renal failure, the patient must undergo dialysis several times a
week or receive a kidney transplant; and
Whereas, According to the most recent report from the United
States Renal Data System Annual Report, diabetics suffer from
chronic kidney disease at five times the overall rate of chronic
kidney disease in the United States; and
Whereas, Persons over age 65 develop advanced kidney failure
nearly three times the rate of those younger than age 65; and
Whereas, Chronic kidney disease is projected to cost the
national health care system $20 billion by the year 2010; and
Whereas, Following years of research, clinicians now have a
simple and cost-effective means of identification and diagnosis of
chronic kidney disease in its early stages and its associated
morbidities, including cardiovascular disease which could save the
lives of countless West Virginians, improve patient quality of
life, delay the onset of end-stage renal failure and reduce health
care expenditures; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby encourages the Bureau for Public
Health work collaboratively with health care providers and consumer
advocates throughout the State of West Virginia in the fight
against chronic kidney disease; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Legislature hereby encourages the
Bureau for Public Health develop a plan for early identification,
evaluation and management of patients with chronic kidney disease;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Legislature hereby encourages the
Bureau for Public Health prepare information for physicians and
other health care providers regarding generally accepted guidelines
of clinical care in the early identification and clinical management of individuals at the highest risk for chronic kidney
disease; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human Resources.
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