Bill Text: OR SB348 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Oregon Senate Bill 348 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to lupus awareness; and declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-05 - Effective date, May 5, 2011. [SB348 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB348-Enrolled.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         Senate Bill 348

Sponsored by Senator ROSENBAUM, Representative TOMEI (Presession
  filed.)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to lupus awareness; and declaring an emergency.
  Whereas lupus is a debilitating autoimmune disease that attacks
various parts of the body, including the skin, joints, heart,
lungs, blood, kidneys and brain, and, in some cases, causes
death; and
  Whereas more than five million people worldwide suffer the
devastating effects of this inflammatory illness, and each year
more than 100,000 people are newly diagnosed with lupus, the
great majority of whom are women of childbearing age; and
  Whereas an estimated 20,000 Oregonians are affected by lupus;
and
  Whereas lupus is more prevalent among African Americans,
Hispanics, Native Americans and Asians; and
  Whereas thousands of people die from lupus each year because a
cure remains elusive; and
  Whereas medical research into lupus and into treatments that
are safer and more effective for patients with lupus is
underfunded in comparison with diseases of comparable magnitude
and severity; and
  Whereas many physicians in this country and around the world
are unaware of the symptoms and health effects of lupus, causing
many people to suffer needlessly for years before obtaining the
correct diagnosis and medical treatment; and
  Whereas there is a deep, unmet need in Oregon and worldwide to
educate and support individuals and families affected by lupus
and its physical and emotional impacts; now, therefore,

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + May of each year shall be known as Lupus
Awareness Month. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + May 10, 2011, shall be known as Oregon Lupus
Day. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act is repealed on
January 2, 2012. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by Senate February 17, 2011

    .............................................................
                               Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Passed by House April 29, 2011

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2011

Approved:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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