MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                         2995

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to
the Honorable Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the
Interior, United States Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.; The President's Council on
Environmental Quality, 722 Jackson Place, Washington, D.
C; The Honorable Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State of
the U. S., Department of State, Washington, D. C.; and
Prime Minister E. Gough Whitlam, The Embassy of
Australia, 1601 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C.

Approved April 9, 1974.

No. 12
(House Joint Resolution 42)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Alcoholism

FOR the purpose of urging all employers in the State,
with 25 or more employees, to include coverage for
alcoholism rehabilitation in their health insurance
plans for their employees.

WHEREAS, The person with an alcohol problem should
be treated as a sick person and should be provided
adequate and appropriate medical, psychiatric and other
humane rehabilitative treatment services for his illness;
and

WHEREAS, The control of alcoholism requires a major
commitment of effort and resources by both public and
private segments of the State; and

WHEREAS, A response to the problem of alcoholism
must include a continuum of detoxification, inpatient and
outpatient programs, and supportive health, welfare, and
rehabilitation services, coordinated with and integrated
into a comprehensive health plan that covers all of the
State's citizens; and

WHEREAS, Employers in the private sector can help
the employee with an alcohol problem through the
employer's health insurance plan; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That
all employers in the State, with 25 or more employees,