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<title>A resolution designating the week beginning September 13, 2015, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week".</title>
<summary summary-id="id114sres245v82" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-09-23">
<action-date>2015-09-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed Senate without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>Designates the week of September 13, 2015, as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week.</p> <p>Commends direct support professionals as integral to long-term support and services for individuals with disabilities.</p> <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that the successful implementation of the public policies affecting individuals with disabilities depends on the dedication of direct support professionals.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114sres245v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-08-20">
<action-date>2015-08-05</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Designates the week of September 13, 2015, as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week.</p> <p>Commends direct support professionals as integral to long-term support and services for individuals with disabilities.</p> <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that the successful implementation of the public policies affecting individuals with disabilities depends on the dedication of direct support professionals.</p>]]></summary-text>
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