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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 16
Author: Block (D), et al.
Introduced:2/2/15
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
SOURCE: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
DIGEST: This resolution declares the week of March 2, 2015,
through March 8, 2015, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.The week of March 2, 2015, through March 8, 2015, 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 more than 40,000 people in California.
Nearly 200 new cases are diagnosed each week nationwide.
3.Twice as many women as men have multiple sclerosis and most
are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, and while studies
indicate genetic factors make certain individuals more
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susceptible than others, there is no evidence that multiple
sclerosis is directly inherited.
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 2, 2015, through
March 8, 2015, 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.
Prior Legislation
ACR 22 (Dickinson, Resolution Chapter 12, Statutes of 2013),
which is similar to this resolution, declared the week of March
11, 2013, through March 15, 2013, as Multiple Sclerosis
Awareness Week.
SCR 88 (Evans, Resolution Chapter 19, Statutes of 2014), which
is identical to this resolution, declared the week of March 3,
2014, through March 9, 2014, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness
Week.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
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Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified2/18/15)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (source)
Prepared by:Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
2/18/15 15:59:33
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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