BILL NUMBER: ACR 141	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 29, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Wood and McCarty
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Nielsen)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon,
Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia,
Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove,
Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk,
Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, and Williams)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   Relative to Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 141, Wood. Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
   This measure would declare the week of March 7, 2016, through
March 13, 2016, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.



   WHEREAS, The week of March 7, 2016, through March 13, 2016, has
been declared Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in recognition of the
importance of finding the cause of and a 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, More than 40,000 people in California are affected by
this devastating disease; 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
50-state network of chapters, the society serves 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; and
   WHEREAS, Throughout the years, the California chapters of the
society have been committed to heightening public knowledge and
insight, and are currently planning several major statewide
educational programs to raise awareness about the effects of multiple
sclerosis; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the week of March
7, 2016, through March 13, 2016, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness
Week, and that the residents of the State of California are
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.