Bill Text: CA SCR88 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 19, Statutes of 2014. [SCR88 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SCR88-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 88	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  19
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  APRIL 28, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MARCH 3, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Dickinson)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   Relative to Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 88, Evans. Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
   This measure would declare the week of March 3, 2014, through
March 9, 2014, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.



   WHEREAS, The week of March 3, 2014, through March 9, 2014, has
been declared Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in recognition of the
importance of finding the cause of and a cure for multiple sclerosis
and to express appreciation to the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society and its California chapters; and
   WHEREAS, 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; and
   WHEREAS, More than 40,000 people in California are affected by
this devastating disease; and
   WHEREAS, Twice as many women as men have multiple sclerosis and
most are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, and while studies
indicate genetic factors make certain individuals more susceptible
than others, there is no evidence that multiple sclerosis is directly
inherited; and
   WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, founded in 1946,
funds more research, offers more services for people with multiple
sclerosis, and provides more professional education programs than any
other multiple sclerosis organization in the world. Through its
50-state network of chapters, the society serves more than one
million people annually; and
   WHEREAS, The 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; and
   WHEREAS, Throughout the years, the California chapters of the
society have been committed to heightening public knowledge and
insight, and are currently planning several major statewide
educational programs to raise awareness about the effects of multiple
sclerosis; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the week of March
3, 2014, through March 9, 2014, is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
and that the residents of the State of California are encouraged to
join together in raising awareness and heightening public knowledge
of this debilitating disease; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.