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                                                                    ACR 141


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          Date of Hearing:  March 3, 2016 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                    Gordon, Chair


          ACR  
                       141 (Wood) - As Amended  February 29, 2016


          SUBJECT:  Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week


          SUMMARY:  Declares the week of March 7, 2016 through March 13,  
          2016, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week and encourages  
          California residents to join together in raising awareness and  
          heightening public knowledge of this debilitating disease.   
          Specifically, this resolution makes the following findings:


          1)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.

          2)Twice as many women as men have multiple sclerosis; and, most  
            are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50 years of age.

          3)The California chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis  
            Society report that more than 40,000 people in California are  
            affected by this devastating disease.

          4)The National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, founded in 1946,  
            funds more research, offers more services for people with the  
            disease, and provides more professional education programs  
            than any other multiple sclerosis organization; and through  
            its 50-state network of chapters, the society serves more than  
            one million people annually.









                                                                    ACR 141


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          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          None on file


          Opposition
          None on file


          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800