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Council Member Hanks introduces resolutions on cardiac screening for students and energy storage system transparency
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Council Member Kamillah Hanks introduces two pieces of legislation: Resolution 8819 to require echocardiograms for public school students before entering high school, and Introduction 1222 to ensure transparency in the installation of energy storage systems in neighborhoods. She emphasizes the importance of early detection of cardiac issues in young athletes and the need for community awareness of energy storage installations.
- Resolution 8819 is inspired by the Dominic Murray Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act and the work of the Riale family on Staten Island.
- The echocardiogram requirement aims to prevent sudden cardiac arrest deaths in young athletes.
- Introduction 1222 addresses concerns about the lack of communication regarding energy storage system installations in residential areas.
Kamillah Hanks
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Thank you madam majority leader.
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Today, introduce a resolution eight eight one nine that will save lives, one that builds on the Dominic Murray sudden cardiac arrest prevention act by ensuring that all public school students receive an echocardiogram before entering high school.
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The sudden, cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death among young athletes in The United States with one young person lost every three days during the school year.
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Many of these tragedies could be prevented with early detection.
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This resolution is deeply personal to this to Staten Island as Frank and Fran Riale has turned an imaginable heartbreak of the loss of their son, Frank Junior, into a mission to prevent other families from, experiencing the same tragedies.
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Through their foundation, they provide free echocardiograms for all high school athletes on Staten Island, and their work has already changed lives by a staggering eleven percent of the students that receive the screening have an issue.
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So right now, our schools require a physical exam, but they don't require an echocardiogram, one of the most effective tools to detecting heart abnormalities.
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And this resolution calls on the state legislator and the governor to take action because no family should use lose a child due to an undiagnosed heart condition.
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I urge my colleagues to sign on and support this critical lifesaving measure, and let's make sure that every student, not just lucky enough to receive voluntary screening, but has access to the this, essential test.
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Additionally, I'm introducing, twelve twenty two.
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This legislation will ensure transparency and communication of the installation of energy storage systems in our neighborhoods.
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These systems are are critical to our energy clean energy future and are being installed in residential areas without adequate notification to local residents or community community leaders.
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This lack of transparency has created concerns, and it's time we think act take action.
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Thank you so much.
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And sign on.