IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 530 
Honoring the Northwest Kidney Centers on its 50th anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2012 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. DICKS, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, and Mr. INSLEE) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the Northwest Kidney Centers on its 50th 
anniversary. 
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers became the first out-of- 
hospital dialysis organization in the world when it opened 
its doors in Seattle, Washington, on January 8, 1962; 
Whereas the nonprofit Northwest Kidney Centers has grown 
into a leader in patient care, education, and research, 
changing the face of care for kidney disease in the United 
States and worldwide; 
Whereas chronic kidney disease is now an epidemic, affecting 
1 in 7 American adults; 
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers is regularly recognized by 
academic and professional groups as a model for the field 
of kidney care, most recently receiving the 2010 Wash-
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•HRES 530 IH 
ington State Hospital Association Community Health 
Leadership Award; 
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers in 2011 served nearly 
1,500 patients in 14 dialysis centers and 11 local hos-
pitals, and supervised 200 patients in self-treatment at 
home in the Puget Sound region of Washington State, 
providing a total of 226,000 dialysis treatments; 
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers, with a staff of 565, is 
the largest dialysis provider in King County and Clallam 
County, serving 78 percent of the people who require the 
life-saving treatment; 
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers is internationally re-
nowned in the field of home dialysis training and support 
and has one of the largest home dialysis programs in the 
United States; 
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers invests $3,000,000 each 
year in the community providing services for pre-dialysis 
patients and transplant recipients, research, training of 
kidney physicians, educational scholarships for patients 
and staff, transportation assistance, charity care, and 
emergency grants for patients in crisis; 
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers educates the public about 
kidney disease and organ donation, offering free public 
health classes on treatment options and good nutrition 
and participating in dozens of outreach events annually 
to reach people at risk for kidney disease; 
Whereas Northwest Kidney Centers spearheaded the creation 
of the Kidney Research Institute, a collaboration between 
Northwest Kidney Centers and the University of Wash-
ington Medical School, which has become an established 
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scientific leader focusing on better ways to prevent, de-
tect, treat, and eventually cure kidney disease; and 
Whereas January 8, 2012, is the 50th anniversary of the 
founding of Northwest Kidney Centers: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors Northwest Kidney Centers on its 
semicentennial; 
(2) recognizes Northwest Kidney Centers as the 
largest community-based, nonprofit dialysis provider 
in the United States; 
(3) applauds Northwest Kidney Centers for its 
contributions to the State of Washington and the 
United States; and 
(4) extends its congratulations to the patients, 
employees, physicians, and supporters of Northwest 
Kidney Centers. 
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