BILL NUMBER: ACR 113	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  7
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MARCH 22, 2012
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MARCH 15, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 12, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 12, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickinson
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong,
Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Grove,
Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hill, Hueso, Huffman,
Jeffries, Knight, Lara, Logue, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea,
John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, and Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   Relative to Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 113, Dickinson. Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
   This measure would declare the week of March 12, 2012, through
March 16, 2012, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.



   WHEREAS, The week of March 12, 2012, through March 16, 2012, has
been declared Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in recognition of the
importance of finding the cause and cure for multiple sclerosis and
to express appreciation to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
and its California chapters; and
   WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the
central nervous system that affects an estimated 400,000 Americans
across the country, and nearly 200 new cases are diagnosed each week
nationwide; and
   WHEREAS, The California chapters of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society report that more than 40,000 people in California
are affected by this devastating disease. Throughout the years, the
California chapters have been committed to heightening public
knowledge and insight and are currently planning several major
statewide fundraisers and educational programs to raise awareness
about the effects of multiple sclerosis; and
   WHEREAS, Twice as many women as men have multiple sclerosis and
most are diagnosed between 20 and 50 years of age, and while studies
indicate genetic factors make certain individuals more susceptible
than others, there is no evidence that multiple sclerosis is directly
inherited; and
   WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, founded in 1946,
funds more research, offers more services for people with multiple
sclerosis, and provides more professional education programs than any
other multiple sclerosis organization in the world. Through its home
office in New York and its 50-state network of chapters, the society
services more than one million people annually; and
   WHEREAS, The society is the largest private supporter of multiple
sclerosis research in the world, and for more than 55 years it has
funded innovative research and advocated for government support of
important scientific inquiries; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That March 12, 2012, through March 16, 2012, is
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week and that the residents of the State
of California should be encouraged to join together in raising
awareness and heightening public knowledge of this debilitating
disease; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.