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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 22
Author: Dickinson (D), et al.
Amended: 3/11/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 3/11/13
SUBJECT : Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
SOURCE : National Multiple Sclerosis Society
DIGEST : This resolution declares the week of March 11, 2013,
through March 15, 2013, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
ANALYSIS : This resolution states the following:
1. 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, the week of March 11, 2013, through March 15, 2013,
has been declared Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
2. Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the central
nervous system affecting an estimated 400,000 Americans
across the country; nearly 200 new cases are diagnosed each
week nationwide. The California chapters of the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society report that more than 40,000
people in California are affected by this devastating
disease. These chapters have been committed to heightening
public knowledge and insight about the effects of multiple
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sclerosis.
3. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, servicing more than
one million people annually, 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.
This resolution declares that March 11, 2013, through March 15,
2013, is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week and that the
residents of California should be encouraged to join together in
raising awareness and heightening public knowledge of this
debilitating disease.
Prior legislation . ACR 113 (Dickinson), Resolution Chapter 7,
Statutes of 2012.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 3/13/13)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (source)
MW:dk 3/13/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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