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          Date of Hearing:  March 23, 2015 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


          SCR  
          16 (Block) - As Amended March 19, 2015


          SENATE VOTE:  32-0


          SUBJECT:  Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week


          SUMMARY:  Declares the week of March 2, 2015 through March 8,  
          2015, 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 county; 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,  








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            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 home office in new York and its 50-state network of  
            chapters the society serves more than one million people  
            annually.

          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          None on file




          Opposition


          None on file




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














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