Bill Text: MI SB0783 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Holidays; other; Sarcoidosis Awareness Month; designate as the month of April. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-25 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0783 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0783-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 783

 

 

January 25, 2018, Introduced by Senator KNEZEK and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

     A bill to recognize the month of April of each year as

 

Sarcoidosis Awareness Month.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. Recognizing the need for a greater understanding of

 

the causes and nature of the chronic, multisystem disease known as

 

sarcoidosis, a deepened appreciation for the courage and

 

determination demonstrated by the victims of sarcoidosis and their

 

family members, a greater acknowledgment of the important efforts

 

of other concerned Americans engaged in promoting better treatment

 

and support for those afflicted by the disease, and a wider

 

recognition of the research efforts of concerned physicians,

 

scientists, and researchers in this state and throughout the nation

 

as they work toward a cure, the month of April of each year shall

 

be known as "Sarcoidosis Awareness Month" in Michigan.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

 

date it is enacted into law.