BILL NUMBER: SCR 58	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 13, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Beall
   (Coauthor: Senator Anderson)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Conway, Cooley, Dahle,
Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzales, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder,
Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell,
Morrell, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Pan, Perea, Quirk,
Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

                        JULY 1, 2013

   Relative to Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease Awareness
Day.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 58, Beall. Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease.
   This measure would proclaim September 23, 2013, as Restless Legs
Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease Awareness Day in California.



   WHEREAS, Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease is a
neurological disorder characterized by unpleasant sensations in the
legs and a distressing, irresistible urge to move them; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 10 million adults in the United States,
totaling 3 percent of our country, and millions of others worldwide
have been affected by Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease, a
disease for which there is no known cure; and
   WHEREAS, Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease is difficult
to diagnose; and
   WHEREAS, Symptoms typically include an urge to move the legs,
caused by uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations in the legs,
presenting or worsening in the evening or night, and additionally,
daytime symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease have
been established; and
   WHEREAS, Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease has an impact
on sleep, concentration, and work productivity; with 68.6 percent of
patients needing more than 30 minutes, generally regarded as
pathologic, to initiate sleep and 60.1 percent waking three or more
times per night; with 49.7 percent of patients reporting that
symptoms adversely affect next day concentration; and with patients
with moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease
having an overall mean loss of workplace productivity of one day per
40-hour workweek; and
   WHEREAS, Increased awareness and expanded knowledge of the
realities of life with Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease
will allow the community at large to better support people who
struggle with the challenges of this condition; and
   WHEREAS, The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, a nonprofit
organization, and other groups around our country have joined
together to promote Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease
awareness and support, including improved education, diagnosis,
research, and treatment; and
   WHEREAS, The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation is urging patients,
their supporters, health care providers, and the general public to
demonstrate their caring by sharing the road on which patients walk,
the facts about Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease, and the
growing awareness of the etiology of this disorder and treatments;
and
   WHEREAS, The community's focus on Restless Legs
Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease and its impact on patients' lives will
help give hope for a brighter future for people with Restless Legs
Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the California Legislature hereby recognizes
the needs of these chronically ill people and proclaims September
23, 2013, as Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease Awareness
Day and urges all our citizens to support the search for a cure and
to assist those individuals and families who deal with this condition
on a daily basis; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.