[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17351]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       NATIONAL DAY OF RECOGNITION FOR LONG-TERM CARE PHYSICIANS

  Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be 
discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. 
Con. Res. 52.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 52) expressing 
     support for the designation of March 20 as a National Day of 
     Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the technical amendment at 
the desk be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; the 
preamble be agreed to; and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4690) was agreed to, as follows:
       On page 2, line 3, after ``March 20'' add ``, 2010,''

  The resolution (S. Con. Res. 52), as amended, was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, as amended, reads as 
follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 52

       Whereas a National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care 
     Physicians is designed to honor and recognize physicians who 
     care for an ever-growing elderly population in different 
     settings, including skilled nursing facilities, assisted 
     living, hospice, continuing care retirement communities, 
     post-acute care, home care, and private offices;
       Whereas the average long-term care physician has nearly 20 
     years of practice experience and dedicates themselves to 1 or 
     2 facilities with nearly 100 residents and patients;
       Whereas the American Medical Directors Association is the 
     professional association of medical directors, attending 
     physicians, and others practicing in the long-term continuum 
     and is dedicated to excellence in patient care and provides 
     education, advocacy, information, and professional 
     development to promote the delivery of quality long-term care 
     medicine; and
       Whereas the American Medical Directors Association would 
     like to honor founder and long-term care physician William A. 
     Dodd, M.D., C.M.D., who was born on March 20, 1921: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Congress expresses support for--
       (1) the designation of March 20, 2010, as a National Day of 
     Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians; and
       (2) the goals and ideals of a National Day of Recognition 
     for Long-Term Care Physicians.

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