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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 141
Author: Wood (D) and McCarty (D), et al.
Amended: 3/10/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 3/10/16
SUBJECT: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
SOURCE: National Multiple Sclerosis Society California
Action Network
DIGEST: This resolution declares the week of March 7, 2016,
through March 13, 2016, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)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.
2)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.
3)Twice as many women as men have multiple sclerosis and most
are diagnosed between 20 and 50 years of age.
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4)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.
5)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.
This resolution 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.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified3/28/16)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society - California Action Network
(source)
OPPOSITION: (Verified3/28/16)
None received
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Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
3/30/16 15:39:17
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