[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 389 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 389

    Expressing support for the annual designation of October 1st as 
                  ``National Latino/a Physician Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

   Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
                          Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing support for the annual designation of October 1st as 
                  ``National Latino/a Physician Day''.

Whereas the Hispanic or Latino/a population in the United States is estimated to 
        rise from 57,470,000 in 2016 to 111,216,000 by 2060;
Whereas it is estimated that 66 percent of the population growth of the United 
        States from 2016 to 2060 will be comprised of Latino/as;
Whereas, by 2060, Latino/as are estimated to account for more than 1 in 4 
        persons in the United States and 1 in 3 children in the United States;
Whereas only 6 percent of physicians in the United States are Latino/a;
Whereas the Latino/a population faces significant barriers to medical care, 
        including high poverty, fewer facilities in their communities, and 
        language and cultural barriers;
Whereas research shows that when physicians are of the same ethnicity, culture, 
        and language as their patients, care and outcomes improve;
Whereas Latino/a physicians are integral to the health of the people of the 
        United States;
Whereas the first National Latino/a Physician Day occurred on October 1, 2022, 
        across the United States, supported by multiple national organizations 
        and the Latino/a community, including premedical students, medical 
        students, resident physicians, and attending physicians; and
Whereas the annual designation of October 1st as National Latino/a Physician Day 
        will bring awareness to the benefits that Latino/a physicians bring to 
        the growing Latino/a population and the health of the people of the 
        United States as a whole: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports the goal to increase the number of Latino/a 
        physicians in the United States and increase diversity in 
        medicine; and
            (2) supports the annual designation of October 1st as 
        ``National Latino/a Physician Day''.
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