BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 113 (Dickinson)
As Introduced February 22, 2012
Majority vote
RULES 10-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Silva, Alejo, | | |
| |Butler, Carter, Donnelly, | | |
| |Hagman, Hueso, Knight, | | |
| |Williams | | |
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SUMMARY : Concurs that March 12, 2012, through March 16, 2012,
is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week; and, that Californians
should be encouraged 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 with most
people being diagnosed between 20 and 50 years of age; and,
the California chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society report that more than 40,000 people in California are
affected by this devastating disease.
3)The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is the largest private
supporter of multiple sclerosis research in the world; and,
for more than 55 years, it has funded innovative research and
advocated for government support of important scientific
inquiries while providing services to more than one million
people annually through its home office in New York and its
50-state network of chapters.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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