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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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HONORING THE RHODE ISLAND MEDICAL SOCIETY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Bennett, Reilly, Morgan, and E Coderre | |
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Date Introduced: March 08, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island General Assembly voted a Charter for the Rhode Island |
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Medical Society on February 25, 1812; and |
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WHEREAS, The rationale for the original Charter, namely that “the medical art is |
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important to the health and happiness of society” and that “medical societies have been found |
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conducive to this end,” has proven abundantly valid for two hundred years; and |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society is by far the oldest and therefore most |
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venerable professional association in Rhode Island; and |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society is the eighth oldest state medical society |
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in the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society has repeatedly distinguished itself as a |
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leader, educator, and purveyor of useful information for the public and the medical profession in |
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this state; and |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society led the nation in welcoming women and |
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racial minorities as colleagues in medical society membership and in overcoming racial |
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discrimination within national medical societies; and |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society has been a pioneer in analyzing vital |
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statistics, advancing sanitation, improving public health and safety, conducting ambitious |
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vaccination campaigns, and promoting enlightened public policy in the field of health; and |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society has itself been a founder of important |
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organizations, including the U.S. Pharmacopeia, the American Medical Association, Rhode |
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Island Hospital, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Quality Partners |
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(renamed Health Centric Advisors in 2011), among others; and |
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WHEREAS, In times of war and other national and local emergencies, the Rhode Island |
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Medical Society and its members have rendered extraordinary service to Rhode Island and the |
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nation; and |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society today and in the future has an |
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indispensable role to play in helping Rhode Island meet the daunting and complex challenges of |
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ensuring access for all Rhode Islanders to the highest quality care at sustainable costs; now, |
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therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby salutes and congratulates the Rhode Island Medical Society upon |
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its Bicentennial, and hereby bears witness to the gratitude of all Rhode Islanders as the Society |
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enters its third century of faithful adherence to its sacred mission of health and healing; and be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Medical Society. |
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