Bill Text: CA SCR23 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-28 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SCR23 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SCR23-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 23 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wolk
MARCH 14, 2011
Relative to Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 23, as introduced, Wolk. Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2011, as
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month to increase public awareness of
neurofibromatosis and bring hope to patients and their families.
Fiscal committee: no.
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 2011, 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.
