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                                                                  ACR 18
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          Date of Hearing:   March 10, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   ACR 18 (Dickinson) - As Amended:  March 7, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :   Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Declares the week of March 14, 2011, through March 
          18, 2011, 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 legislative 
          findings:

          1)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.

          2)Twice as many women as men have multiple sclerosis; and, most 
            are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50.

          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, 
            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 
           








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          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800