Chronic Kidney Disease Month

2025-2026 Bill 978: Chronic Kidney Disease Month - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 978
STATUS INFORMATION
Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Verdin
Document Path: SR-0566KM-VC26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 5, 2026
Adopted by the Senate on March 11, 2026
Summary: Chronic Kidney Disease Month
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

3/5/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 6
)

3/5/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Medical Affairs
(
Senate Journal-page 6
)

3/10/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Medical Affairs
(
Senate Journal-page 5
)

3/11/2026

Senate

Adopted (
Senate Journal-page 27
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/05/2026
03/10/2026
03/10/2026-A

Recalled

March 10, 2026

S. 978

Introduced
by Senator Verdin

S. Printed 3/10/26--S.

Read the first time March 5, 2026

________

A
senate
RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE march 2026 AS "chronic kidney disease
awareness MONTH" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

W
hereas, more than one
in seven individuals in the United States, approximately thirty-seven million
Americans, are estimated to have chronic kidney disease, and approximately
ninety percent of the individuals are unaware that they have the disease; and

W
hereas, 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 and
Apolipoprotein L1 mediated kidney disease gene; and

W
hereas, patients with
glomerular diseases frequently advance to more costly and more debilitating
later stages of kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease, more quickly
than patients with chronic kidney disease in general, with estimates suggesting
that rare kidney diseases make up five to ten percent of chronic kidney disease
patients but account for approximately twenty-five percent of patients
receiving treatment for kidney failure; and

W
hereas, ninety percent
of patients with chronic kidney disease stages one through three are
undiagnosed. When kidney disease is diagnosed in late stages of the disease, irreversible
damage to the kidneys has already occurred; and

W
hereas, it is
imperative to improve diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease through
community-based programs that address awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of
chronic kidney disease; and

W
hereas, recognizing
Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month raises awareness of the need for
research, screening programs, and access to care for people who suffer from
chronic kidney disease. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
Senate
, by this resolution,
recognize March 2026 as "Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month" in South
Carolina.

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