AN ACT DESIGNATING SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AWARENESS DAY AND DWARFISM AWARENESS MONTH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-29a of the general statutes is amended by adding subdivisions (69) and (70) as follows (Effective from passage):
(NEW) (69) The Governor shall proclaim February tenth of each year to be Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Respiratory Distress Awareness Day to heighten public awareness of the associated presentation and available treatments for spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress. Suitable exercises shall be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day.
(NEW) (70) The Governor shall proclaim the month of October of each year to be Dwarfism Awareness Month to increase public awareness of the associated presentation and available treatments for dwarfism. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the month.
Approved May 28, 2015