HR91: HR91 Blood Clot Awareness Month in the State of Georgia; March 2025; recognize

This resolution does not change any Georgia law. It is a ceremonial statement by the Georgia House of Representatives designating March 2025 as Blood Clot Awareness Month, matching the federal designation and the national observance of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month. The resolution's preamble cites statistics from the National Blood Clot Alliance about how often blood clots occur and kill, notes that they are a leading cause of death for new mothers during childbirth, and describes risk factors such as cancer treatment, surgery, and genetic predisposition. It directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and press, but it creates no funding, program, or legal requirement.

• Formally recognizes March 2025 as Blood Clot Awareness Month in the State of Georgia through a House resolution.
• States the House's alignment with the federal designation of March as Blood Clot Awareness Month and the national Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month observance.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
• Creates no new law, funding, agency duty, or penalty; it is a symbolic statement rather than a regulatory change.

This resolution mainly affects the Georgia House of Representatives itself, since it directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies. It does not impose duties on hospitals, patients, or any other group, though its preamble discusses people at risk of blood clots, including new mothers, cancer patients, and surgery patients.

Because this is a commemorative resolution rather than a law, it does not change medical practice, funding, or legal requirements in Georgia. Its practical effect is limited to raising public awareness of blood clots through an official state designation and press distribution.

• The resolution's whereas clauses cite National Blood Clot Alliance statistics, including a claim that blood clots cause about 100,000 deaths per year nationally.
• The operative resolving clause designates March 2025 as Blood Clot Awareness Month in Georgia.
• A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available for distribution to the public and the press.
• The resolution contains no enforcement mechanism, funding appropriation, or effective date beyond its adoption.

1. 2025-01-28House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-01-28House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-28House Hopper (House)

• Kim Schofield (D, HD-063)Primary sponsor
• Sandra Scott (D, HD-076)
• Viola Davis (D, HD-087)
• Karen Mathiak (R, HD-082)
• David Clark (R, HD-100)
• Sheila Jones (D, HD-060)

• blood clot awareness
• public health
• ceremonial resolution
• deep vein thrombosis