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DE HR23
Resolution
Status
3/9/2016
Primary Sponsor
Valerie Longhurst
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AI Summary
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Designates the week of March 7-13, 2016, as "MS Awareness Week" in Delaware.
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Recognizes multiple sclerosis as a neurological disease affecting at least 2.3 million people worldwide and more than 1,600 people in Delaware.
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Acknowledges that MS typically strikes people between ages 20-50 and causes unpredictable, often debilitating effects with unknown cause and cure.
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Commends the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Greater Delaware Valley Chapter for over 57 years of commitment to MS research and funding over $920,000,000 in groundbreaking research since 1946.
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Expresses Delaware's support for discovering the cause, finding a cure, and preventing future MS diagnoses.
Legislative Description
Designating The Week Of March 7-13, 2016, As “ms Awareness Week.”
Last Action
Passed in House by Voice Vote
3/9/2016