Assembly Resolution No. 577

BY: M. of A. Gunther

MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
August 13-19, 2017, as Community Health Center Week
in the State of New York

WHEREAS, Community Health Centers are nonprofit, community-based
providers that remove common barriers to care by serving communities
that confront financial, geographical, language, cultural and other
barriers; and

WHEREAS, Community Health Centers are open to all residents,
regardless of insurance status or ability to pay; and

WHEREAS, Community Health Centers are located in high-need areas
identified as having elevated poverty, higher-than-average infant
mortality, and where few physicians practice; and

WHEREAS, Community Health Centers provided care to more than 1.3
million residents in New York at 445 delivery sites in 2009; and

WHEREAS, Community Health Centers tailor services to the special
needs and priorities of their communities, and provide services in a
linguistically and culturally appropriate manner; and

WHEREAS, Community Health Centers provide comprehensive primary and
other health care services, including services that help patients access
care, such as transportation, translation, and case management; and

WHEREAS, Community Health Centers are staffed by doctors, dentists,
nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals who have chosen to
serve in communities in need, helping to expand the reach of primary
care preventative health services; and

WHEREAS, Community Health Centers help contain New York's overall
health care costs through comprehensive preventative and primary care
health services, and coordinate delivery of quality care with outreach,
patient education, and other enabling services; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim August 13-19, 2017, as
Community Health Center Week in the State of New York; and be it further

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause further to celebrate the
medical professionals' and health center staff's accomplishments and
efforts to improve our health care system, and to show our appreciation
for the community centers at which they treat not just during this week,
but at every opportunity throughout the year; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
New York.