[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 530 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 530

     Honoring the Northwest Kidney Centers on its 50th anniversary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2012

   Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Smith of 
 Washington, and Mr. Inslee) submitted the following resolution; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Honoring the Northwest Kidney Centers on its 50th anniversary.

Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers became the first out-of-hospital dialysis 
        organization in the world when it opened its doors in Seattle, 
        Washington, on January 8, 1962;
Whereas the nonprofit Northwest Kidney Centers has grown into a leader in 
        patient care, education, and research, changing the face of care for 
        kidney disease in the United States and worldwide;
Whereas chronic kidney disease is now an epidemic, affecting 1 in 7 American 
        adults;
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers is regularly recognized by academic and 
        professional groups as a model for the field of kidney care, most 
        recently receiving the 2010 Washington State Hospital Association 
        Community Health Leadership Award;
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers in 2011 served nearly 1,500 patients in 14 
        dialysis centers and 11 local hospitals, and supervised 200 patients in 
        self-treatment at home in the Puget Sound region of Washington State, 
        providing a total of 226,000 dialysis treatments;
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers, with a staff of 565, is the largest dialysis 
        provider in King County and Clallam County, serving 78 percent of the 
        people who require the life-saving treatment;
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers is internationally renowned in the field of 
        home dialysis training and support and has one of the largest home 
        dialysis programs in the United States;
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers invests $3,000,000 each year in the community 
        providing services for pre-dialysis patients and transplant recipients, 
        research, training of kidney physicians, educational scholarships for 
        patients and staff, transportation assistance, charity care, and 
        emergency grants for patients in crisis;
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers educates the public about kidney disease and 
        organ donation, offering free public health classes on treatment options 
        and good nutrition and participating in dozens of outreach events 
        annually to reach people at risk for kidney disease;
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers spearheaded the creation of the Kidney Research 
        Institute, a collaboration between Northwest Kidney Centers and the 
        University of Washington Medical School, which has become an established 
        scientific leader focusing on better ways to prevent, detect, treat, and 
        eventually cure kidney disease; and
Whereas January 8, 2012, is the 50th anniversary of the founding of Northwest 
        Kidney Centers: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors Northwest Kidney Centers on its semicentennial;
            (2) recognizes Northwest Kidney Centers as the largest 
        community-based, nonprofit dialysis provider in the United 
        States;
            (3) applauds Northwest Kidney Centers for its contributions 
        to the State of Washington and the United States; and
            (4) extends its congratulations to the patients, employees, 
        physicians, and supporters of Northwest Kidney Centers.
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