BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 151 (Wilk)
As Introduced May 19, 2014
Majority vote
RULES 9-0
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|Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Brown, |
| |Ch�vez, Dababneh, |
| |Gonzalez, Hagman, Quirk, |
| |Ridley-Thomas |
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SUMMARY : Declares the week of May 25, 2014, to May 31, 2014,
inclusive, as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness
Week to honor those who work to make research and resources a
reality for children suffering from DIPG and their families.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)DIPG is a malignant brain tumor that affects the brain stem
and only children are afflicted with DIPG usually diagnosed
between five and nine years of age.
2)Survival rate of those afflicted with DIPG is only about nine
months and to date, no therapy has been shown to be effective
and children with DIPG are often treated on early Phase 1
clinical trials with a trial-and-error approach.
3)The Jack's Angel Foundation, named after James-William "Jack"
Demeter, who lost the fight against DIPG at the age of three,
is a non-profit corporation that donates all money raised to
the DIPG research fund at the Los Angeles Children's Hospital;
and, they are committed to promoting the most innovative
research and clinical trials to help shed light on the nature
of DIPG and the genetic anomalies that cause it.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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