BILL NUMBER: SR 40	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 13, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hill

                        JULY 13, 2015

   Relative to Coats Eye Disease Awareness Day


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, There are multiple debilitating eye diseases that affect
millions of Californians and others throughout the country; and
   WHEREAS, Coats eye disease is a rare eye disease that mostly
afflicts young children and teenagers; and
   WHEREAS, Coats eye disease can cause blood vessels in one or both
eyes to develop abnormally, causing leakage of blood into the eye
resulting in trauma, damage, partial or total blindness, or even
removal of the eye without early detection, treatment, or surgery;
and
   WHEREAS, Coats eye disease is still not widely known and can be
misdiagnosed by some in the medical community, even among retinal
specialists; and
   WHEREAS, Coats eye disease is classified as an orphan disease yet
impacts thousands in the state and nation; and
   WHEREAS, California leads the nation in many ways in scientific,
academic, and commercial endeavors to find cures and treatments for
many rare diseases or afflictions; and
   WHEREAS, California can be a leader in promoting awareness,
research, study, and, ultimately, cures for many of these rare
diseases, including Coats eye disease; and
   WHEREAS, Coats Eye Disease Awareness Day is an important
nationwide tool for raising awareness among governmental officials,
medical professionals, academic institutions, commercial ventures,
and the public about this rare disease, and efforts to increase early
detection towards eventually finding a cure; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That August 17,
2015, is proclaimed as Coats Eye Disease Awareness Day, in support
of efforts to broaden awareness of this rare disease, promote and
enable early detection and advance treatments, achieve prevention,
further scientific research, and find a cure for this disease; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.