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 PUBLIC LAW 98-96—SEPT. 27, 1983 97 STAT. 713 Public Law 98-96 98th Congress Joint Resolution Designating the week beginning September 25, 1983, as "National Adult Day Care Sept. 27, 1983 Center Week". [H.J. Res. 132] Whereas there are nearly eight hundred adult day care centers nationwide, some of which serve adults starting at age eighteen and others which serve primarily senior citizens, providing a safe and positive environment to partially disabled individuals in need of da3^ime assistance and supervision; Whereas adult day care centers provide necessary health maintenance functions and medical care, including medication monitoring, therapies, and health education, and are operated by professional staffs who identify the need for additional health services and make appropriate referrals; Whereas adult day care centers provide opportunities for social interactions to otherwise isolated individuals and assist them in attaining and maintaining a maximum level of independence; and Whereas these centers offer relief to families who otherwise must care for disabled elderly persons on a twenty-four-hour-per-day basis: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the week beginning National Adult September 25, 1983, is designated "National Adult Day Care Center S^%f^'"^ ^''^' Week". The President is authorized and requested to issue a procla- mation calling upon the people of the United States to observe that week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved September 27, 1983. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 132 (S.J. Res. 50): CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): Sept. 15, considered and passed House. Sept. 20, considered and passed Senate.

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