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AL SJR44

Joint Resolution

Status

Engrossed

2/6/2018

Primary Sponsor

Gerald Allen

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2018

AI Summary

  • Recognizes February 26 through March 4, 2018, as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Alabama.

  • Notes the 2018 theme "Let's Get Real" focuses on expanding conversations around eating disorders and dispelling misinformation and stigma.

  • Cites statistics that 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from clinically significant eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.

  • Emphasizes eating disorders are serious, potentially life-threatening conditions with the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, and that prompt intensive treatment significantly improves recovery chances.

  • Directs copies of the resolution be provided to the National Eating Disorders Association and the Alabama Department of Public Health.

Legislative Description

Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 26 through March 4, 2018, recognized

Resolutions, Legislative

Last Action

Received in House of Representatives and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules

2/6/2018

Committee Referrals

Rules2/6/2018
Rules2/1/2018

Full Bill Text

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