A resolution expressing support for the annual designation of October 1st as "National Latino/a Physician Day".

Bill: 118-sres-389
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-09-30
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Health personnel

Minority employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4892)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution supports the designation of National Latino/a Physician Day.</p> <p />

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 389 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 30 (legislative day, September 22), 2023 Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Cornyn ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions RESOLUTION Expressing support for the annual designation of October 1st as “National Latino/a Physician Day”.

Whereas the Hispanic or Latino/a population in the United States is estimated to rise from 57,470,000 in 2016 to 111,216,000 by 2060; Whereas it is estimated that 66 percent of the population growth of the United States from 2016 to 2060 will be comprised of Latino/as; Whereas, by 2060, Latino/as are estimated to account for more than 1 in 4 persons in the United States and 1 in 3 children in the United States; Whereas only 6 percent of physicians in the United States are Latino/a; Whereas the Latino/a population faces significant barriers to medical care, including high poverty, fewer facilities in their communities, and language and cultural barriers; Whereas research shows that when physicians are of the same ethnicity, culture, and language as their patients, care and outcomes improve; Whereas Latino/a physicians are integral to the health of the people of the United States; Whereas the first National Latino/a Physician Day occurred on October 1, 2022, across the United States, supported by multiple national organizations and the Latino/a community, including premedical students, medical students, resident physicians, and attending physicians; and Whereas the annual designation of October 1st as National Latino/a Physician Day will bring awareness to the benefits that Latino/a physicians bring to the growing Latino/a population and the health of the people of the United States as a whole: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) supports the goal to increase the number of Latino/a physicians in the United States and increase diversity in medicine; and (2) supports the annual designation of October 1st as National Latino/a Physician Day .