House Resolution 1225
By: Representatives Schofield of the 63rd, Davis of the 87th, Scott of the 76th, and Burnough
of the 77th
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia in order
to raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs, and access to care for
individuals who suffer from chronic kidney disease; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, more than one in seven individuals in the United States, totaling approximately
37 million Americans, are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), and
approximately 90 percent of those individuals are unaware that they have CKD; and
WHEREAS, while the two most common causes of kidney disease are hypertension and
heart disease, the third leading cause of kidney disease is glomerulonephritis, often caused
by rare, immune-mediated kidney diseases such as IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and
Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) mediated kidney disease gene; and
WHEREAS, patients with glomerular diseases frequently advance to more costly and more
debilitating later stages of kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease (ESRD), more
quickly than patients with CKD in general, with estimates suggesting that rare kidney
diseases make up 5-to-10 percent of CKD patients but account for approximately 25 percent
of patients receiving treatment kidney failure; and
WHEREAS, 90 percent of patients with CKD stages 1-3 are undiagnosed, when diagnosed
it is often diagnosed in late stages of the disease when irreversible damage to the kidneys has
already occurred; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative to improve diagnosis and treatment of CKD through
community-based programs that address awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic
kidney disease.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that
the members of this body recognize March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness
Month in Georgia in order to raise awareness of the need for research, screening programs,
and access to care for individuals who suffer from chronic kidney disease.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the
public and the press.