BILL NUMBER: SCR 82	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  APRIL 19, 2010
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 20, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk
   (Coauthor: Senator Runner)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2010

   Relative to Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 82, Wolk. Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
   This measure would proclaim the month of May 2010, as
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month, to increase public awareness of
neurofibromatosis and bring hope to patients and their families.




   WHEREAS, Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a debilitating genetic disorder
of the nervous system that affects over 10,000 Californians; and
   WHEREAS, NF causes tumors to grow throughout the body. Those
suffering from NF may experience anything from mild symptoms, to
severe symptoms leading to death; and
   WHEREAS, Research has directly linked NF to disorders including
cancer, brain tumors, memory loss, learning disabilities, heart
disease, blindness, deafness, and orthopedic problems; and
   WHEREAS, Increased public knowledge of NF may bring hope to NF
patients and families, and support essential research; and
   WHEREAS, Since the discovery of the genes causing NF in the 1990s,
researchers have made progress in understanding NF and creating
drugs to combat it; and
   WHEREAS, May is National Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims the month
of May 2010, as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month, to increase public
awareness of neurofibromatosis and bring hope to patients and their
families; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.